No. 15 Duke dominates in 80-65 victory over Florida State
Duke’s Chase Jeter (2) drives between Florida State defender Devon Bookert (1) and Jarquez Smith (23).
Grayson Allen scored 18 points, Brandon Ingram added 16 and No. 15 Duke beat Florida State, 80-65, on Thursday night in Durham, N.C.
Marshall Plumlee had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils (21-7, 10-5 Atlantic Coast Conference). Playing an unranked opponent for the first time since Feb. 6, they placed five players in double figures for the first time in league play and forced 14 turnovers while matching a season low with five themselves.
Luke Kennard finished with 12 points and Matt Jones added 11 in his first game back from injury for Duke, which has won six of seven.
Freshman Dwayne Bacon had 12 points and 10 rebounds, Xavier Rathan-Mayes scored 13 and Devon Bookert finished with 10 points for the Seminoles (16-12, 6-10). They have lost a season-worst five straight.
No. 18 Indiana 74, at Illinois 47: Yogi Ferrell scored 27 points and the Hoosiers used a huge second half to rout the Fighting Illini.
The Big Ten leaders trailed, 28-27, at halftime, but Ferrell scored 19 second-half points and Indiana (23-6, 12-3) pulled away from Illinois (12-16, 4-11). Ferrell’s three-pointer with 7:58 left put the Hoosiers up, 56-37.
Nick Zeisloft scored 14 for Indiana, and Thomas Bryant had 14 points and eight rebounds.
Jalen Coleman-Lands led Illinois with 21 points. The Hoosiers held Illinois’ top two scorers, Malcolm Hill and Kendrick Nunn, to a combined 13 points. Hill entered averaging 18.6 per game, and Nunn 16.4.
No. 24 Southern Methodist 69, at Memphis 62: Sterling Brown scored 14 points to help the Mustangs shake off the pesky Tigers.
SMU leading scorer Nic Moore was held without a point in the first half, but his floater with less than a minute to play gave the Mustangs (23-4, 11-4 American Athletic Conference) a 65-62 lead. Moore finished with 12 points on four-for-nine shooting.
Marcus Kennedy had 12 points and eight rebounds for SMU.
Dedric Lawson scored 18 for Memphis (15-13, 6-9), and Ricky Tarrant Jr. added 15 points and seven assists.
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