Duke Pounds Boston College, 75-50

Filed under Game Recap on February 20th, 2012

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In Chestnut Hill on February 19th the Blue Devils crushed the Eagles in ACC play, 75-50.

Some notes on this pairing: Duke had a big advantage in RPI ranking (#2 to #217). The Blue Devils record on the road is outstanding, and the Eagles weren't so hot coming in (1 for 5). A year ago, Duke beat Boston College 84-68. Over the last four years, the Blue Devils are now 6-1 against the Eagles including 2-1 at Silvio O. Conte Forum.

Duke was able to overwhelm Boston College in rebounding and also win the battle in three pointers.

Duke focused on rebounding to get more looks offensively, with an advantage of 45 to 21. Duke launched threes and took away 30 points, surpassing the 18 from Boston College.

Seth Curry led the Blue Devils against the Eagles with 18 points on 50% shooting in 27 minutes. Miles Plumlee was a factor with a game-leading 10 rebounds.

DUKE Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Austin Rivers 32 16 7 2 0 0 2 A Quinn Cook 13 5 1 3 2 0 1 B+ Seth Curry 27 18 5 2 1 0 6 B+ Miles Plumlee 24 9 10 2 0 0 4 B+ Ryan Kelly 30 5 8 3 0 0 0 B Andre Dawkins 26 13 5 0 0 0 1 B- Michael Gbinije 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 C Mason Plumlee 17 3 3 1 0 1 3 C- Tyler Thornton 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 - Josh Hairston 9 0 0 0 0 1 1

BC Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Ryan Anderson 33 21 8 1 1 0 2 B Matt Humphrey 32 12 3 3 2 0 4 C Jordan Daniels 31 6 1 3 0 0 2 C Dennis Clifford 20 5 4 0 0 1 2 C- Gabriel Moton 9 0 3 0 0 1 0 C- John Cahill 18 3 1 0 1 0 1 D Lonnie Jackson 30 0 0 2 2 0 2 - Danny Rubin 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 - D. Visockas 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 - Eddie Odio 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 - J. Cain Carney 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

This brings the Blue Devils up to 23-4. Their ACC record improves to 10-2, good enough to bump them up to 1st place. They also tacked another win onto a 4 game streak.

Next up is Florida State on the road on February 23rd.

• Seth Curry has led the team in scoring in 7 out of 27 games this season.
• Duke has won 94% of the time this season (18-1) after holding an opponent to under 33.3% three point percentage.
• Miles Plumlee has led the team in rebounding in 7 out of 27 games this season.
• Duke started 23-4 during the 2009 and 1999 seasons (since 1996).
• Duke beat the spread by 10.0 points. That makes the 11th time this season the Blue Devils have beat the spread.

• Ryan Anderson accounted for 42.0% of the team's points.
• This marks the 2nd 20-point game of Ryan Anderson's career.
• Ryan Anderson has 4 straight double-digit point games.
• Ryan Anderson accounted for 38.0% of the team's rebounds.
• Boston College lost and did not cover the spread.

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Tags: Seth Curry, Miles Plumlee