Seth Curry posted a season-high 20 points and No. 3 Duke blew past Boston College 84-68. Around the top 25, the Big Ten had a pair of ranked teams fall in league play.
Seth Curry scored a season-high 20 points, leading No. 3 Duke past Boston College 84-68 on Thursday night.
Nolan Smith finished with 28 points while Kyle Singler had 14 for the Blue Devils (19-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). They shot 50 percent from the field, hit 10 3-pointers and used a big run early in the second half to claim their fourth consecutive win.
Reggie Jackson, who entered the game second to Smith in the ACC scoring race, finished with a season-low seven points - 13 fewer than his average.
Corey Raji scored 18 points for BC (14-7, 4-3), which has lost two consecutive and four of seven overall, and fell to 0-6 at Cameron Indoor Stadium, each loss by double figures.
Curry finished 6 of 9 from the field, hit a season-best five 3-pointers and scored 11 points during the 26-9 run that put the Blue Devils in command.
No. 19 Vanderbilt
Jeffery Taylor scored 25 points and John Jenkins added 21 for Vanderbilt.
Jordan Hulls scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half, and Tom Pritchard's tip-in with 44.2 seconds left lifted
Zack Novak scored 19 points and Stu Douglass made a big 3-pointer with 20 second left to lift Michigan.