Boston College Eagles at Duke Blue Devils

Reddish scores 24, No. 2 Duke pulls away to beat BC 80-55

Reddish scored 24 points, helping the Blue Devils pull away to beat Boston College 80-55 on Tuesday night.

Reddish averages 13 but is capable of putting up big numbers, too. This was his fifth 20-point game.

"Obviously, we've got a great team around me," Reddish said. "Everybody can contribute. Tonight was just my night, and I was making shots. It happens."

The Blue Devils overcame some shaky early shooting by shooting 63 percent after halftime to claim their sixth straight win, and they will be no worse than tied for first in the league standings when they visit No. 3 Virginia on Saturday night.

"They ramped it up all over the floor," coach Jim Christian said. "We knew that. We needed to meet their intensity, and I thought the first five minutes of the second half, all the things we did really, really well in the first half, we didn't do well on the defensive end."

Reddish finished one point shy of his previous high, set Nov. 11 against Army, and this was his best game since scoring 23 at Florida State on Jan. 12 and hitting the game-winning 3-pointer in the closing seconds.

He scored 10 points in less than four minutes, hitting two 3s three possessions apart while starting the 23-8 run that put the Blue Devils in control. The lead gradually grew from there, with Alex O'Connell making it a 20-point game with his jumper with about five minutes left.

"It reminded me of (NBA star Grant Hill), what he was doing, because he's 6-foot-8 and he's so long," coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "And I think that helped him offensively. Because you're moving strong, you're playing strong, and it translates to other aspects of your game."

BIG PICTURE

Duke: The Blue Devils were at both extremes with their enigmatic 3-point shooting. Duke, which entered shooting a program-worst 30.9 percent from long distance, missed 14 of 15 3s in the first half while trailing 30-28 at the break. And then the Blue Devils hit four of their first six in the second half while they pulled away.

ZIONLIGHT

"The ref would tell me, `Z, tuck your jersey in,' and I'd be like, `Mr. Ref, my jersey's wet. I sweat a lot," Williamson said. "I wasn't mad at the ref. I was mad at myself for trying to go too fast."

TRE BIEN

HE SAID IT

UP NEXT

Boston College: Visits Syracuse on Saturday.

Duke: Visits the Cavaliers on Saturday night in a rematch of the Blue Devils' 72-70 victory three weeks ago.

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