Boston College Athletics
Boston College Drops to No. 5 Duke, 75-50
February 19, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 19, 2012
BOSTON (AP) - Ryan Anderson scored 21 points, but No. 5 Duke went on to win 75-50 over Boston College behind a tough defense on Sunday night.
Seth Curry scored 18 points for Duke.
Anderson also tallied eight rebounds for the Eagles.
The Blue Devils had erased a 20-point deficit in the final 11 1/2 minutes to beat North Carolina State 78-73 on Thursday night. Eight days earlier, they had come back from 10 points down with 2 1/2 minutes left to beat North Carolina 85-84.
But against BC, Duke went ahead for good on a layup by Austin Rivers midway through the first half, 15-13, led 30-21 at intermission and stretched that to 28 points midway through the second half.
Duke (23-4, 10-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) pulled into a tie for the conference lead with North Carolina and Florida State.
