National Basketball Association
Duke 76, N.C. State 52
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 5, 2011
Where: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
Officials:
# Ray Natili, # Bernard Clinton, # Karl Hess
Attendance:
9314
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Nolan Smith scored a game-high 20 points as No. 5 Duke used a 21-2 first-half run to rout visiting North Carolina State 76-52 on Saturday.
Mason Plumlee had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the ACC-leading Blue Devils (21-2, 8-1 ACC), who improved to 6-1 in their past seven games and moved one game ahead of second-place North Carolina.
Richard Howell scored 18 points for N.C. State (12-11, 2-7 ACC), which lost for the seventh time in eight games.
Duke, which plays host to North Carolina on Wednesday, capped its season sweep of N.C. State with a dominating first half. The Blue Devils shot 64.5 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes - including 6 of 10 3-pointers - and forced 12 turnovers in building a 53-24 halftime advantage.
Leading 10-8, the Blue Devils scored the next 14 points in a surge that eventually staked them to a 31-10 advantage on Seth Curry’s jumper with 8:27 left.
Smith scored seven of his 18 first-half points during the run, and Plumlee added six. Duke closed the first half on with a 13-3 spurt.
Kyle Singler added 14 points for Duke.
N.C. State next plays Feb. 13 at Wake Forest.
Top Game Performances
| N.C. State |
|
Duke |
|
Richard Howell 18 |
Scoring |
Nolan Smith 20 |
|
Lorenzo Brown 6 |
Assists |
Nolan Smith 7 |
|
Lorenzo Brown 9 |
Rebounds |
Mason Plumlee 12 |
|
DeShawn Painter 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Nolan Smith 6 |
|
Javier Gonzalez 2 |
Steals |
Mason Plumlee 2 |
|
DeShawn Painter 2 |
Blocks |
Mason Plumlee 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| N.C. State
|
52 |
39.6 |
1-10 |
9-18 |
16 |
31 |
3 |
3 |
|
| Duke
|
76 |
41.9 |
7-14 |
17-32 |
13 |
42 |
6 |
7 |
|
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