(1) Duke 82 Marquette 77

There was no upset magic for the Marquette Golden Eagles in Kansas City this time around.

Four years after beating Duke in the same city for the CBE Classic championship, the defending national champion and No. 1-ranked Blue Devils proved to be too big and too skilled for MU to handle in the same tournament.

The Golden Eagles used a big run to pull even midway through the second half but couldn't finish the job and eventually fell, 82-77, in the teams' semifinal matchup at the Sprint Center on Monday night.

Four players scored in double figures for Duke, which shot 54.7% for the game. But it was 6-foot-10 Mason Plumlee who did the most damage, putting up game highs of 25 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Blue Devils (4-0) used a 13-2 run to turn around what had been a 57-57 game with 10 minutes 28 seconds remaining.

Nolan Smith added 18 points, Kyle Singler 14 and Kyrie Irving 11 for Duke, which led from the tip to the final buzzer.

Official Basketball Box Score
Duke vs Marquette
11/22/10 6:30 pm CDT at Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO


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VISITORS: Duke 4-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
05 Plumlee, Mason...... f 12-16   0-0    1-4    6  6 12   2  25  3  3  5  0  32
12 Singler, Kyle....... f  5-13   2-7    2-2    1  5  6   2  14  0  2  1  1  38
34 Kelly, Ryan......... f  1-3    0-1    0-0    0  1  1   0   2  2  0  2  0  12
01 Irving, Kyrie....... g  4-9    1-4    2-3    1  1  2   3  11  7  5  1  2  34
02 Smith, Nolan........ g  8-12   1-2    1-2    1  8  9   2  18  3  6  0  0  35
03 Thornton, Tyler.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
20 Dawkins, Andre......    3-6    1-3    0-0    0  4  4   1   7  3  0  1  1  21
21 Plumlee, Miles......    1-1    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   1   2  0  3  0  0  10
30 Curry, Seth.........    1-4    1-1    0-1    0  0  0   3   3  2  0  0  0  18
   TEAM................                            3  3
   Totals..............   35-64   6-18   6-12  10 29 39  14  82 20 19 10  4 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-29 55.2%   2nd Half: 19-35 54.3%   Game: 54.7%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  4-10 40.0%   2nd Half:  2-8  25.0%   Game: 33.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  4-5  80.0%   2nd Half:  2-7  28.6%   Game: 50.0%    1


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HOME TEAM: Marquette 4-1
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
33 Butler, Jimmy....... f  9-19   0-2    4-6    1  5  6   3  22  1  2  0  2  38
42 Otule, Chris........ c  2-3    0-0    0-0    3  0  3   2   4  0  2  1  0  11
01 Johnson-Odom, Darius g  4-15   1-6    4-5    0  6  6   3  13  2  2  0  1  36
02 Blue, Vander........ g  2-6    1-3    0-0    0  4  4   1   5  1  1  0  2  25
23 Buycks, Dwight...... g  2-6    0-3    0-2    3  2  5   2   4  1  3  0  0  23
05 Cadougan, Junior....    2-3    1-2    0-0    0  2  2   2   5  7  1  0  1  22
32 Crowder, Jae........    6-11   1-4    2-2    0  3  3   2  15  1  1  0  4  30
54 Gardner, Davante....    4-7    0-0    1-2    4  0  4   1   9  0  2  0  1  15
   TEAM................                         2  1  3
   Totals..............   31-70   4-20  11-17  13 23 36  16  77 13 14  1 11 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-36 36.1%   2nd Half: 18-34 52.9%   Game: 44.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-10 20.0%   2nd Half:  2-10 20.0%   Game: 20.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  3-6  50.0%   2nd Half:  8-11 72.7%   Game: 64.7%   3,1


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Officials: Roger Ayers, Brian Dorsey, Raymond Styons
Technical fouls: Duke-None. Marquette-None.
Attendance:
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Duke..........................   40   42  -   82
Marquette.....................   31   46  -   77
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Points in the paint-DUKE 48,MU 44. Points off turnovers-DUKE 17,MU 14.
2nd chance points-DUKE 16,MU 16. Fast break points-DUKE 15,MU 8.
Bench points-DUKE 12,MU 29. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-DUKE 2nd-01:11, MU 2nd-00:01.
Largest lead-DUKE by 14 1st-11:16, MU None.