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Duke puts together run, tops Ohio State

— Mason Plumlee had 21 points and a career-high-tying 17 rebounds as No. 2 Duke rallied late and held on to beat No. 4 Ohio State 73-68 on Wednesday night.

Rasheed Sulaimon scored 17 points and Ryan Kelly added 15 and hit three-pointers on consecutive trips downcourt early during the 20-7 run that put the Blue Devils (7-0) ahead to stay and sent them to their third victory over a top-five team this month.

Deshaun Thomas scored 16 points for Ohio State (4-1), while Aaron Craft and Lenzelle Smith Jr. had 11 apiece.

Shannon Scott pulled the Buckeyes within 66-64 with a free throw with 28.9 seconds left before Quinn Cook sealed it by hitting six free throws in the final 27.3 seconds.

Cook finished with 12 points.

In other games involving Top 25 teams, senior Trey McKinney Jones scored a career-high 18 points and the Miami Hurricanes held No. 13 Michigan State without a field goal for a pivotal 5 1/2-minute stretch in the second half in a 67-59 victory in Coral Gables, Fla. McKinney Jones went 5 for 7 from three-point range, including a basket that capped a 14-2 run to start the second half that put them ahead 41-33. The lead grew to 57-45, and they went 8 for 8 from the free-throw line over the final 2:11 to seal the victory. Miami (4-1) held the ball in the final seconds to run out the clock. Keith Appling had 15 points for the Spartans (5-2), who lost for the first time since the season opener against Connecticut. ... Alex Kirk had 16 points and 13 rebounds and Cameron Bairstow added a career-high 16 points as No. 25 New Mexico beat Mercer 76-58 in Albuquerque. Travis Smith scored 16 points to lead the Bears (3-4). Bairstow provided an early spark off the bench, scoring 10 points in his first five minutes of play with one block, one rebound and he also drew a charge on a Mercer fast-break opportunity. Most of Bairstow’s damage came during a 17-2 New Mexico run as he combined with Tony Snell to score 14 of those points, putting the Lobos (7-0) ahead 19-5. ... Derrick Marks scored a career-high 35 points, including 18 consecutive in the second half, and Boise State upset No. 11 Creighton 83-70 in Omaha, Neb. The Broncos (5-1), who played No. 13 Michigan State within four points on the road last week, beat a ranked opponent for the first time in four seasons and on the road for the first time since March 2005. Creighton (6-1) hadn’t lost a regular-season November home game since 1989. Doug McDermott led Creighton with 21 points and Grant Gibbs added 17. ... Joseph Bertrand made three-pointers on consecutive possessions and scored every point in a 10-0 run to ignite No. 22 Illinois (8-0) to a 75-62 victory over Georgia Tech (4-2) in Champaign, Ill. ... Freshman Anthony Bennett and junior Mike Moser scored 19 points apiece to lead No. 24 UNLV to an impressive 85-57 victory over UC Irvine on Wednesday night. The Rebels held UC Irvine scoreless during a crucial 5 minutes of the second half, long enough to widen their lead to 20 points and take the Anteaters out of the game. UNLV outscored UC Irvine 51-31 in the second half to pull away for the easy win.

Sports, Pages 22 on 11/29/2012

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