COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Hurley Helps No. 3 Duke Shoot Down Clemson

Bobby Hurley’s reputation as an offensive threat continued to grow Monday night against Clemson.

Hurley scored 16 of his 21 points during the second half as third-ranked Duke defeated the Tigers, 93-84, in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Clemson, S.C.

All five of Hurley’s three-point baskets came at crucial times for Duke, 18-3 overall and 6-3 in the ACC. The Blue Devils have won five in a row since losing two of three during a stretch in January.

Duke missed only one of its final 23 free throws and finished 27 for 32 from the free-throw line.

“That’s something we didn’t do in January, convert free throws very well,” Hurley said. “Now, down the stretch we’ve been able to do that, and that’s a big reason we’ve been successful lately.”

Grant Hill made 13 of 15 free throws and scored 25 points for the Blue Devils.

Sharone Wright had 21 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots for Clemson (12-7, 2-7), which has struggled in the ACC after winning its first nine games of the season.

No. 10 Florida State 99, No. 24 Virginia 84--Douglas Edwards scored 25 points and Bob Sura added 20 to lead the Seminoles to an ACC victory at Tallahassee, Fla.

“Coach told us to get out early and get control of the game,” said Edwards, who also grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds.

Florida State (17-6, 7-2) lost two of its last three games against Virginia, including an 80-76 loss in the conference opener on Jan. 6.

Ted Jeffries scored 23 points and had 19 rebounds for Virginia (13-5, 5-4).

Missouri 67, No. 23 Kansas State 51--The Wildcats’ stay in the top 25 could be a short one after this Big Eight Conference defeat to the Tigers at Columbia, Mo.

“We were all excited and we didn’t come back and focus,” said Kansas State’s Vincent Jackson.

Melvin Booker scored 19 points for Missouri (15-6, 4-2).

Kansas State (14-4, 4-2) missed its first nine shots, fell behind by 13 points and never made a run.

OTHER GAMES

Adrian Autry scored 25 points to lead Syracuse (14-6, 6-6) to a 76-61 Big East Conference victory over Georgetown (12-7, 5-6) at Syracuse, N.Y. . . . St. Joseph’s (14-5, 5-2) is guaranteed its first winning season since 1987-88 after registering a 73-60 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over St. Bonaventure (10-9, 0-7) at Philadelphia. . . . Holy Cross (16-5) gave George Blaney the 400th victory of his college coaching career with a 99-89 win over Rutgers (10-11) in a nonconference game at Worcester, Mass.