National Basketball Association
Duke 79, Georgia Tech 57
When: 7:45 PM ET, Sunday, February 20, 2011
Where: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
Officials:
# Bryan Kersey, # John Cahill, # Karl Hess
Attendance:
9314
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Nolan Smith scored 28 points and added seven rebounds as No. 5 Duke put itself in position to climb the national rankings after routing Georgia Tech 79-57 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday night.
Kyle Singler added 15 points as Duke (25-2, 12-1 ACC) cruised to its sixth straight win to cap a week that saw the top four teams in the poll all suffer losses. Singler became the 21st player in the conference to score 1,000 points in regular-season play.
The Blue Devils closed the first half on a 9-0 run to take a 37-28 lead into the half. They then outscored the Yellow Jackets 24-8 to start the second half, effectively blowing the game open.
Georgia Tech (11-15, 3-9) got 13 points apiece from Maurice Miller and Iman Shumpert while Glen Rice Jr. finished with a dozen.
Top Game Performances
| Georgia Tech |
|
Duke |
|
Maurice Miller 13 |
Scoring |
Nolan Smith 28 |
|
Maurice Miller 5 |
Assists |
Seth Curry 6 |
|
Iman Shumpert 6 |
Rebounds |
Mason Plumlee 9 |
|
Iman Shumpert 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Kyle Singler 5 |
|
Maurice Miller 2 |
Steals |
Seth Curry 2 |
|
Daniel Miller 5 |
Blocks |
Ryan Kelly 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Georgia Tech
|
57 |
33.3 |
3-15 |
14-20 |
10 |
35 |
7 |
7 |
|
| Duke
|
79 |
45.2 |
6-16 |
17-20 |
18 |
38 |
2 |
9 |
|