National Basketball Association
N.C. State 84, Duke 76
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 12, 2013
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Officials:
# Les Jones, # Gary Maxwell, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance:
19557
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No. 21 North Carolina State 84, No. 1 Duke 76: C.J. Leslie scored 25 points and Richard Howell had 16 points and 18 rebounds as the host Wolfpack handed the top-ranked Blue Devils their first loss of the season.
Lorenzo Brown had 12 points and a career high-tying 13 assists for North Carolina State (14-2, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which has won 10 straight – its longest run since the 1988-89 season. Scott Wood chipped in 14 points and T.J. Warren added 10.
Duke (15-1, 2-1), which lost sharpshooting forward Ryan Kelly to a foot injury Tuesday against Clemson, saw star guard Seth Curry leave due to a left foot injury with 3:15 remaining. He did not return, finishing with 22 points. Mason Plumlee added 15 points and 11 boards.
A dunk by Plumlee gave the Blue Devils an eight-point lead with 8:53 left in the first half. Wood hit his third 3-pointer of the half to start a 14-2 run and Warren's jumper in the waning seconds of the half gave the Wolfpack a lead they would not relinquish.
Duke got within 58-57 on a 3-pointer from Curry midway through the second half. Leslie responded with six straight points and a Rodney Purvis three-point play made it 67-57 with 7:44 left. Curry's fifth 3-pointer at the 3:49 mark cut North Carolina State’s lead to four, but he watched from the bench as the Wolfpack sealed their first win against a top-ranked team since defeating the Blue Devils at home on Feb. 15, 2004.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The already-thin Blue Devils also saw F Amile Jefferson foul out with 8:07 left and guards Quinn Cook and Tyler Thornton foul out in the final minute. ... North Carolina State improved to 2-3 at PNC Arena when hosting a top-ranked Duke team. ... The Wolfpack are 22-2 when Wood hits at least three 3-pointers.
Top Game Performances
| Duke |
|
N.C. State |
|
Seth Curry 22 |
Scoring |
C.J. Leslie 25 |
|
Quinn Cook 7 |
Assists |
Lorenzo Brown 13 |
|
Mason Plumlee 11 |
Rebounds |
Richard Howell 18 |
|
Quinn Cook 4 |
Free Throws Made |
C.J. Leslie 7 |
|
Mason Plumlee 4 |
Steals |
Richard Howell 2 |
|
Amile Jefferson 2 |
Blocks |
C.J. Leslie 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Duke
|
76 |
44.8 |
6-20 |
10-12 |
10 |
31 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
| N.C. State
|
84 |
50.8 |
4-8 |
20-23 |
13 |
33 |
4 |
4 |
11 |