Tuesday, December 30, 2003
No. 2 Duke thumps Davidson
Top 25 roundup
By The Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. - J.J. Redick scored a season-high 22 points, and freshman Luol Deng added 18 Monday to lead No. 2 Duke past Davidson 88-54.
Shelden Williams added 14 points and six blocks for the Blue Devils (9-1), who pushed their home winning streak to a national-best 33 games, and have won six straight overall.
Ian Johnson scored 14 points to lead the Wildcats (4-7), who have lost 17 straight games against Duke.
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No. 3 Georgia Tech 86, VCU 65
ATLANTA - Marvin Lewis scored 19 points and Georgia Tech survived a lackluster second half in getting off to its best start ever.
The Yellow Jackets have their highest ranking since Feb. 3, 1986, when they were No. 2, and at 12-0, they're one game better than the 1962-63 team.
B.J. Elder and Jarrett Jack each added 17 points for Georgia Tech.
Michael Doles and Domonic Jones each had 15 points for the Rams (6-3), who were without staring point guard Alexander Harper, who is out four-to-six weeks after having surgery Monday to repair a broken bone in his foot.
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No. 7 Oklahoma 72, Texas-Pan American 57
NORMAN, Okla. - Kevin Bookout scored a season-high 18 points and had 12 rebounds and Jaison Williams added 17 points for the Sooners (9-0).
Chris Fagan had 13 points for Texas-Pan American (3-9), which has lost six straight.
Oklahoma closed the half on a 13-4 run to lead 37-25.
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No. 13 Kansas 78, Binghamton 46
LAWRENCE, Kan. - J. R. Giddens scored 16 points and Keith Langford had 14 for the Jayhawks (7-2), who opened the game with a 19-2 run.
Brandon Carter led the Bearcats (4-6) with 14 points. Binghamton was playing for the first time in 12 days and was away from home for the ninth time in 10 games.
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No. 19 Texas 88, George Washington 72
AUSTIN, Texas - Freshman P.J. Tucker scored a season-high 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in his first start for the Longhorns.
Texas (6-2) opened the game with an 11-0 run that was keyed by three inside baskets by Tucker.
Greg Collucci had 23 points for the Colonials (6-5).
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No. 25 Marquette 77, Sacred Heart 72
MILWAUKEE - Travis Diener scored 22 points to lead the Golden Eagles.
Marquette (9-2) led by as many as 15 points in the first half, only to have Sacred Heart (4-5) close to 62-61 with 5:43 left. But Terry Sanders scored on a three-point play to start a 6-0 run for the Golden Eagles, making it 68-61 with 3:43 left.
Maurice Bailey led Sacred Heart with 18 points.
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