National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Duke 75, Boston College 50
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 19, 2012
Where: Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Officials: # Tony Greene, # Jamie Luckie, # Raymond Styons
Attendance: 8606

DUKE 75, BOSTON COLLEGE 50: Seth Curry scored 18 points, including three 3-pointers, as No. 4 Duke won its fourth straight game and climbed back into a tie for first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Curry made four-of-eight from the field, made all seven free throws attempted and added five rebounds and two assists. The Blue Devils (23-4, 10-2 ACC) also got 16 points and seven rebounds from Austin Rivers and 13 points and five rebounds from Andre Dawkins.

Boston College (8-19, 3-10 ACC) got 21 points and eight rebounds from freshman Ryan Anderson, who has scored 74 points over the last four games. Matt Humphrey added 12 points for the Eagles, who have lost three straight and has dropped nine of their last 10 games.

Boston College was able to hang with Duke for the first 10 minutes. The game was tied at 13 with 10:23 remaining, but the Blue Devils outscored the Eagles 17-8 and led 30-21 at halftime.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Duke’s bench outscored Boston College 27-6, a problem compounded by the fact that two of the Eagles’ starters combined for five points... Duke scored 15 second-chance points, compared to only one for Boston College... The loss ended a streak of three straight games in which Boston College had scored at least 60 points... Duke now leads the all-time series 14-2 and is 10-1 since the 2005-06 season.
Top Game Performances
 
Duke   Boston College
Seth Curry 18 Scoring Ryan Anderson 21
Quinn Cook 3 Assists Jordan Daniels 3
Miles Plumlee 10 Rebounds Ryan Anderson 8
Seth Curry 7 Free Throws Made Ryan Anderson 7
Quinn Cook 2 Steals Matt Humphrey 2
Josh Hairston 1 Blocks Dennis Clifford 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Duke 75 43.9 10-22 15-20 14 42 2 3 18
Boston College 50 34.1 6-18 14-21 9 20 2 6 14