National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Duke 80, UCLA 63
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, December 19, 2013
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: # Ed Corbett, # Karl Hess, # Michael Stephens
Attendance: 15410

No. 8 Duke 80, No. 22 UCLA 63:
Freshman sensation Jabari Parker collected 23 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as the Blue Devils held off the Bruins at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Rodney Hood added 14 points for Duke (9-2), which has won three straight since falling to top-ranked Arizona. Quinn Cook chipped in 14 points and eight steals for the Blue Devils.

Kyle Anderson recorded 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists while David Wear went 4-for-4 from 3-point range en route to 16 points to lead UCLA (9-2). Leading scorer Jordan Adams was held to 10 points as the Bruins suffered their second loss in three games.

Wear’s jumper knotted it at 45 less than four minutes into the second half, but Cook grabbed a steal on each of UCLA’s next two possessions and put Duke on top with a layup before 3-pointers from Hood and Parker made it a 53-47 gap. Parker capped a 7-0 burst with an emphatic dunk in the lane to push it to double figures at 57-47.

The Bruins were within 71-63 after Anderson’s layup with 2:34 left, but Rasheed Sulaimon answered with a 3-pointer for the Blue Devils and UCLA did not score again. Duke ended up outscoring the Bruins 43-26 in the second half to run away with it.

GAME NOTEBOOK: UCLA entered the game averaging 89.1 points on an NCAA-best 54.3 percent shooting but was held to 40 percent from the field by the Blue Devils. … Duke F Amile Jefferson added 11 points and eight rebounds off the bench. … Adams had led or tied for the lead in scoring for UCLA during each of its first 10 games.
Top Game Performances
 
Duke   UCLA
Jabari Parker 23 Scoring David Wear 16
Quinn Cook 5 Assists Kyle Anderson 7
Jabari Parker 10 Rebounds Kyle Anderson 10
Jabari Parker 5 Free Throws Made Jordan Adams 2
Quinn Cook 8 Steals Kyle Anderson 5
Amile Jefferson 2 Blocks Jordan Adams 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Duke 80 48.4 11-32 7-11 21 38 2 8 12
UCLA 63 40.0 8-22 7-13 12 29 2 9 13