St. John's has a Garden party in rout of Duke

Teams that beat Duke have reason to celebrate. Teams that blow Duke out of the building should be able to party all night.

So how long will the St. John's players celebrate yesterday's 93-78 victory over No. 3 Duke at Madison Square Garden?

"Coach Lav said we had 2 hours to celebrate and then we have to get ready for Rutgers," senior forward Justin Burrell said, referring to first-year coach Steve Lavin and the Red Storm's next opponent.

It will take longer than that just to go over the highlight plays of a game that St. John's had won by halftime.

The Red Storm (12-8) was finishing a stretch of eight straight games against ranked teams. The win gave them three wins in that span, but it was enough to have Lavin waving his arms to the crowd.

"You're caught up in the moment of the game and I wanted St. John's fans to come to the party," Lavin said.

Dwight Hardy had 26 points for St. John's, while Justin Brownlee had 20 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Smith led Duke (19-2) with 32 points and Kyle Singler added 20.

In other games:

* At Duquesne, Damian Saunders scored 19 points to lead Duquesne (15-5, 7-0 Atlantic 10) as the Dukes defeated Dayton (15-7, 3-40 82-64 for their 10th consecutive victory.

* At Seton Hall, Herb Pope had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Seton Hall (10-12, 4-6 Big East) coasted to an 81-71 victory over Providence (13-9, 2-7).

* At Michigan, Darius Morris had 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds and Michigan (13-9, 3-6 Big 10) pulled away in the second half for an 87-73 victory over Iowa (8-13, 1-8).

* At Michigan State, Draymond Green made a go-ahead shot with 29.3 seconds left and No. 25 Michigan State (13-8, 5-4 Big 10) held on for an 84-83 win over Indiana (11-11, 2-7).

* At Washington State, Klay Thompson scored 25 points and the hosts (15-6, 5-4 Pac-10) defeated No. 17 Washington (15-5, 7-2), 87-80.

In women's games:

* At Texas A & M, Odyssey Sims scored 25 points and Brittney Griner had 17 points and 12 rebounds as top-ranked Baylor (19-1, 6-0 Big 12) beat No. 6 Texas A & M (18-2, 6-1), 63-60.

* At Penn State, Alex Bentley had 21 points to help Penn State (81-5, 7-2 Big 10) beat No. 23 Ohio State (13-8, 4-5), 80-71.