Duke Bounces Back, 104-79

There wasn’t a smile before or after Duke’s lopsided win over Georgia Tech.

No. 2 Duke was at a physical and emotional high after its first loss of the season, getting 23 points apiece from Carlos Boozer and Mike Dunleavy and forcing 18 first-half turnovers in a 104-79 victory over the Yellow Jackets on Thursday night at Durham, N.C.

“I thought there was just hard play,” Coach Mike Krzyzewski said when asked why his team seemed angry. “Don’t confuse hard play for anger.”

Duke fell from the top ranking and saw its 22-game winning streak end after a one-point loss to 17-point underdog Florida State on Sunday night. But the Blue Devils (13-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat Georgia Tech for the 11th consecutive time, scoring the third-most points in the 68-game series.

The Yellow Jackets (7-9) fell to 0-3 in the ACC for the first time since 1996-97. Tony Akins and Ed Nelson led the Georgia Tech with 14 points each.

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Detroit 63, No. 24 Butler 54--Greg Grays scored 17 points and Terrell Riggs had 14 as the Titans (7-7, 1-1 Horizon) won their 36th consecutive home game, beating the Bulldogs (14-2, 1-2).

WOMEN

Michelle Snow scored 18 points, and Gwen Jackson had 11 to lead No. 2 Tennessee (13-1, 2-0) to a 71-50 Southeastern Conference victory against No. 19 Auburn (12-3, 0-2) at Knoxville, Tenn. ... Nicole Powell had 20 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists as No. 4 Stanford (15-1, 5-0) scored a 91-54 Pacific 10 Conference victory against Oregon State (8-8, 4-3) at Palo Alto. ... Jessie Stomski scored 27 points for No. 5 Wisconsin (14-1, 5-0) in an 86-78 double-overtime Big Ten victory against Michigan State (10-5, 0-4) at East Lansing, Mich. ... Alana Beard scored 25 points and No. 7 Duke (13-3, 5-0 ACC) held Clemson (10-5, 2-2) scoreless for more than 10 minutes at Clemson, S.C., in an 81-58 victory. ... Chantelle Anderson had 33 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 8 Vanderbilt (15-3, 1-1 SEC) to a 71-54 victory against Kentucky (8-7, 1-2) at Nashville. ... Tatyana Troina’s six three-point baskets were part of her 22 points in leading No. 9 South Carolina (15-1, 3-0 SEC) to a 71-64 victory against No. 15 Georgia (12-2, 1-1) at Athens, Ga. ... Led by Cheryl Ford’s 22 points and 11 rebounds, No. 11 Louisiana Tech (10-3, 5-0) remained unbeaten in the Western Athletic Conference with a 79-49 victory at San Jose State (7-6, 2-2). ... Shereka Wright scored 23 points, and Mary Jo Noon and Kelly Komara had 15 apiece to lead No. 13 Purdue (12-3, 3-2 Big Ten) to an 84-61 victory against Minnesota (12-3, 2-2) at West Lafayette, Ind. ... Talisha Scates scored the game-winning layup with 9.3 seconds left as North Carolina State (9-6, 2-2 ACC) held on for a 66-63 upset of No. 17 North Carolina (13-3, 3-1) at Chapel Hill. ... Doneeka Hodges scored 29 points as Louisiana State (8-5, 1-1 SEC) rolled to an 84-59 victory over No. 18 Florida (11-5, 1-2) at Baton Rouge, La. ... DiDi Reynolds had 22 points and Ohio State (9-7, 4-1 Big Ten) used a second-half surge for a 77-66 upset of No. 22 Michigan (11-5, 1-4) at Ann Arbor, Mich. ... Ashley Augspurger had five three-pointers and scored 22 points to lead No. 23 Colorado State (12-3, 1-0) to an 81-64 Mountain West Conference victory against Brigham Young (9-5, 0-1) at Provo, Utah.