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College BB Roundup: Wake Forest, Notre Dame, UCLA Win

 
Wake Forest 86, (2) Duke 73 Freshmen James Johnson and Jeff Teague scored 50 points themselves and Wake Forest did what no other ACC team has done this season—they beat Duke. Johnson, a 6-8 forward, scored 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting and snagged a career-best 16 rebounds. The Blue Devils had no answer for the big man, and when he wasn't dancing inside, Teague was blazing from the perimeter, scoring a game-high 26 points, including 3-of-3 from three-point range. Duke simply could not guard their opposition efficiently, as all five of their starters fouled out of the game. Kyle Singler, who was coming off his best performance of the season against Maryland, was 6-of-10 and scored 17 points, but the shooting was off for Duke. Greg Paulus was only 1-6 on three-pointers, and Duke shot just 41 percent for the game, much of that attributable to the Deacons pressure defense. Other alarming stats for Duke appear at the free throw line. Wake Forest went to the charity stripe 38 ... (link)

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