Duke win gives Krzyzewski 880th career victory in rout

Associated Press

GREENSBORO, N.c.

Nolan Smith scored 22 of his season-high 26 points in the first half, and No. 1 Duke routed North Carolina-Greensboro 108-62 on Wednesday night to give coach Mike Krzyzewski sole possession of second place on the men’s all-time wins list.

Kyle Singler led the Blue Devils (12-0) with 27 points. In giving the Hall of Fame coach his 880th career victory, Duke shrugged off an eight-day break and shot a season-best 60.9 percent, scored 42 points off 23 turnovers and hit the 100-point mark for the second time.

Coach K moved past longtime rival Dean Smith, leaving Bob Knight — who mentored Krzyzewski and coached him at Army — as the only man ahead of him.

No. 15 Notre Dame 69, No. 9 Georgetown 55

SOUTH BEND, Ind.

Tim Abromaitis scored 20 points and Tyrone Nash added 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead Notre Dame in the Big East conference opener.

Austin Freeman led Georgetown with 21 points.

No. 19 Central Florida 71, Furman 53

ORLANDO, Fla.

Keith Clanton scored 21 points and Marcus Jordan added 15 to lift Central Florida in the UCF Holiday Classic. Jordan, son of NBA star Michael Jordan, also had five assists despite playing with an injured ankle to help UCF (12-0) remain unbeaten.

No. 23 Illinois 87, Iowa 77

IOWA CITY, Iowa

Demetri McCamey led five players in double figures with 20 points and Illinois beat Iowa in its Big Ten opener.

D.J. Richardson added 17 for the Illini (11-3, 1-0 Big Ten), who hit 11 of their first 13 tries from 3-point range and shot 66.7 percent from the floor to hold off the rebuilding Hawkeyes.

The Illini hit their first seven 3s, then pushed a 12-point lead to 58-39 less than two minutes into the second half. Iowa rallied to get within 65-59, but McCamey sandwiched a key jumper around a pair of 3s to put the Illini ahead 70-59 with 7:01 left.

Matt Gatens had a game-high 21 points to lead Iowa (7-6, 0-1), which dropped its league opener for the sixth time in seven years.

Mike Davis had 15 points to crack 1,000 for his career for Illinois, which has won five straight over the Hawkeyes for the first time since 1965.

Akron 87, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 60

AKRON

Brett McClanahan scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures as Akron defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Alex Abreau added 16 points and Quincy Diggs had 15 for the Zips (8-5), who won the first game of a four-game homestand for their fourth victory in their past five games.

The Zips had 19 assists, 13 steals and only seven turnovers. Akron scored 29 points off Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s 19 turnovers.