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College Basketball: Duke claims 25th win in a row

Kyle Singler had 25 points and a season-high 10 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke beat Maryland, 71-64, on Sunday night in Durham, N.C., to extend its winning streak to 25.

Kyle Singler had 25 points and a season-high 10 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke beat Maryland, 71-64, on Sunday night in Durham, N.C., to extend its winning streak to 25.

Nolan Smith added 18 points on 5-of-18 shooting for the Blue Devils (15-0, 2-0 ACC).

Jordan Williams had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the Terrapins (10-5, 0-2).

Maryland closed to 67-62 on Williams' layup with 1 minute, 25 seconds left, but Singler responded with a three-pointer with 53 seconds left and the Terps couldn't get closer than six after that.

Ohio State 67, Minnesota 64 - David Lighty scored 19 points and the second-ranked Buckeyes (16-0, 3-0 Big Ten) survived a scare when Austin Hollins' three-pointer came up short in the final seconds, allowing Ohio State to remain unbeaten with a victory over the Golden Gophers (12-4, 1-3) in Columbus, Ohio.

The Buckeyes led by 18 points before the Gophers rallied to pull within 67-64 on Al Nolen's two free throws with 44.6 seconds left.

Coach Tubby Smith elected to foul Ohio State's Dallas Lauderdale, a 33-percent free-throw shooter, and he missed both with 28.5 seconds left.

The Gophers missed two shots inside before taking the ball out underneath the basket with 15 seconds remaining. With time running out, Nolen fed Hollins, who got off a shot with one second left that was deflected by Ohio State's William Buford.

Freshman Jared Sullinger had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Buckeyes.

Trevor Mbakwe had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Golden Gophers.

Kansas 67, Michigan 60 - Marcus Morris scored 22 points as the third-ranked Jayhawks (15-0) outlasted the Wolverines (11-5) in overtime in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michigan rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit and scored the last six points of regulation to tie the game at 51. Zack Novak made a three-pointer at the start of overtime to give Michigan its first lead of the game, but the Jayhawks scored the next eight points, all by Morris and his twin brother and fellow Prep Charter grad, Markieff.

Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 19 points for the Wolverines.

Purdue 75, Iowa 52 - Ryne Smith made a career-high six three-pointers and scored 18 points to help the No. 11 Boilermakers (15-1, 4-0 Big Ten) to their 10th straight win with a rout of the Hawkeyes (7-8, 0-3) in West Lafayette, Ind.

Arizona 67, Stanford 57 - Jamelle Horne scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Wildcats (14-3, 3-1 Pacific Ten) beat the Cardinal (9-5, 2-1) in a contest pushed back a day because of Saturday's mass shooting in suburban Tucson, Ariz.

The game had been scheduled for Saturday but was postponed because of the shooting outside a supermarket that killed six, including a federal judge and the 9-year-old granddaughter of former Phillies manager Dallas Green, and left U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D., Ariz.) critically wounded.

Before the tip-off, university president Robert Shelton spoke to the crowd, thanking Stanford for its cooperation and praising doctors at nearby University Medical Center, where many victims were treated.

In his postgame radio show, Arizona coach Sean Miller thanked the crowd of 14,374 for showing up under the unusual, trying circumstances.

"Hopefully, today kind of served as a healing moment that took everybody's mind off the tragedy," he said.

Rider 77, Canisius 76 - Novar Gadson scored 16 points, including a layup with two seconds left, to give the Broncs (12-5, 4-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) a win over the Golden Griffins (7-8, 1-4) in Buffalo, N.Y.

In the area: Sharif Bray's tip-in at the buzzer gave Cheyney a 75-74 victory over visiting Clarion in a battle of the top two teams in the PSAC. . . . Jaleel Mack and Troy Hockaday each put up career highs off the bench of 20 and 22 points, respectively, to lead host West Chester to a 102-51 demolition of Lock Haven.