Duke Cruises To 10th Straight

Trajan Langdon scored 12 of his 16 points in the first 6-1/2 minutes as No. 1 Duke raced past No. 23 Maryland 86-59 Thursday night in Durham, N.C.

Maryland (12-7, 5-4 ACC) was whistled for four technicals in the game’s opening stages, including a pair against coach Gary Williams that led to his ejection.

The technicals led to 13 points and helped the Blue Devils (19-1, 8-0) win their 10th straight.

(3) Utah 62, UTEP 56

At Salt Lake City, Andre Miller scored 14 points, all in the second half, to lead the Utes (18-0, 6-0 WAC) to a win over the Texas-El Paso Miners (10-9, 2-4).

(10) Purdue 89, (19) Mich. 82

At Ann Arbor, Mich., Jaraan Cornell scored 28 points and the Boilermakers (18-4, 6-2 Big Ten) took advantage of 23 turnovers by the Wolverines (15-6, 5-3).

(14) New Mexico 72, BYU 54

At Provo, Utah, Clayton Shields scored 24 points to lead the Lobos (15-3, 5-1 WAC) to a win over the Cougars (6-14, 1-5).

(18) Cincinnati 67, Louisville 61

At Cincinnati, the Bearcats (16-3, 7-1 Conference USA) got 18 points from Ruben Patterson and beat the Cardinals (8-13, 2-5).

UMass 74, (21) Rhode Island 57

At Providence, R.I., Ajmal Basit came off the bench to score 15 points and grab 19 rebounds as the Minutemen (15-5, 7-0 Atlantic 10) rolled past the Rams (13-5, 5-2).