Trajan Langdon scored 18 points and No. 2 Duke shot 59 percent in the first half as the Blue Devils rolled over mistake-prone Florida State 86-72 Tuesday night in Talahassee, Fla.
The Blue Devils (22-2, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), playing for the third time in six days, took a half-game lead over No. 1 North Carolina in the ACC regular-season title chase.
Roshown McLeod added 15 points for Duke two days after getting a career-high 27 at North Carolina State. Corey Louis had 16 points to lead Florida State (16-9, 5-7).
The Seminoles, who had averaged 15 turnovers the last four games, committed 15 in the first half and fell behind by 25 points after the first 20 minutes.
Georgia 86, Arkansas 70: Freshman Jumaine Jones had 26 points and 17 rebounds–both season highs–as the host Bulldogs (12-11, 4-7 SEC) ended No. 12 Arkansas’ six-game winning streak. The Razorbacks (20-4, 9-2) hadn’t lost since an 80-77 overtime defeat at No. 7 Kentucky on Jan. 17.
After Pat Bradley of Arkansas made two free throws for a 62-62 tie with 8:45 to play, Georgia went on a 16-2 run over the next 4:22.
Rhode Island 69, George Washington 61: Cuttino Mobley scored 25 points and Luther Clay added 19 for the No. 25 Rams in Washington.
Rhode Island (18-5, 9-2 Atlantic 10) used an uptempo game and strong defense to unsettle the No. 17 Colonials’ half-court attack. The Rams took the lead for good during a 23-6 run early in the half, and GW never got closer than six points in the final 10 minutes.
Yegor Mescheriakov had 14 points for George Washington (20-4, 9-2).
Massachusetts 74, Duquesne 68: Lari Ketner had 23 points and eight rebounds in Pittsburgh as the No. 20 Minutemen beat the Dukes for the 11th straight time.
The Minutemen (18-6, 10-1 Atlantic 10) also tied Temple’s league record by posting their ninth consecutive season with at least 10 conference wins.
Mike James led Duquesne (10-14, 4-7) with 20 points.
Syracuse 72, Miami 63: Jason Hart had 19 points for the No. 23 Orangemen (18-5, 8-4 Big East), while Miami fell to 15-6, 8-5. Syracuse improved to 6-1 in the conference on the road, while Miami lost at home for the first time in six league games. Tim James led Miami with 24 points and 12 rebounds.
Wichita State 57, Bradley 53: Jason Perez had 22 points and nine rebounds for Wichita State (12-13, 8-6 Missouri Valley) in Peoria. The Braves (10-12, 6-8 Missouri Valley) scored the first basket but never saw the lead again.
Bradley had a chance to tie the game late but Eric Robertson missed a three-pointer and Perez then hit a jumper for the final basket with 1:26 left.
