TOP 25 ROUNDUP O'Bannon has 25 in Louisville's easy win
No. 7 Duke cruised past Illinois-Chicago.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Larry O'Bannon scored a season-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead No. 13 Louisville to an 85-51 victory against North Carolina A & amp;T Tuesday.
Francisco Garcia added 12 points and Ellis Myles had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Louisville, which shot 43.2 percent from the field (29-of-67) but was 18-of-33 from the free throw line.
The Cardinals (6-1) turned the ball over 22 times, but forced North Carolina A & amp;T (1-8) into 24 turnovers and outrebounded the Aggies 58-40.
North Carolina A & amp;T shot 28.1 percent for the game (20-of-71), including going 3-of-18 from 3-point range.
Booker, a Louisville native, led the Aggies with 19 points while Steven Koger had 13.
No. 7 Duke 88, Illinois-Chicago 55
DURHAM, N.C. -- Shelden Williams had 23 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks to lift Duke.
J.J. Redick added 21 points for the Blue Devils, who used a big run spanning halftime to improve to 7-0 for the fourth time in five seasons.
Jovan Stefanov scored 15 first-half points to lead the Flames (3-4), who got off to a quick start but soon succumbed to Duke's increased defensive intensity and quick transition game.
Duke shot 49 percent and used a run of 21 points spanning halftime to turn the game into a rout. The Blue Devils' defense took the Flames out of their once-steady offense and held them to one field goal over a 7 1/2-minute span.
The Blue Devils finished with 19 points off 23 turnovers, held UIC to 37 percent shooting and blocked a school-record 18 shots.
Women
MINNEAPOLIS -- Seimone Augustus scored 22 points to lead top-ranked LSU past No. 13 Minnesota, 75-67, in a matchup of Final Four teams from last season.
Temeka Johnson had 18 points and a season-high 13 assists, and Sylvia Fowles added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Tigers (9-0), who have now beaten three ranked teams.
Janel McCarville scored a career-high 31 points to go with 13 rebounds, five steals and four assists for the Gophers (8-2), who hurt themselves with 18 turnovers as their home non-conference winning streak ended at 23.
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