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Monday, November 14
Durham, N.C.
7:30 p.m.
Duke University
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Boston University
Redick, Williams Push Duke Past Boston University, 64-47
11/14/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
J.J. Redick scored a game-high 19 points and Shelden Williams added 17 points and seven rebounds as top-ranked Duke defeated Boston University, 64-47, in the opening round of the Preseason NIT on Monday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The game served as the season-opener for both squads.
The Blue Devils, who captured Preseason NIT titles in 1985 and 2000, advance to Wednesday's second round and will host Seton Hall, a 66-52 winner over Manhattan. Tip-off at Cameron Indoor Stadium is set for 7:30 p.m.
After missing its first nine field goal attempts, Duke got on the scoreboard with Josh McRoberts' basket at the 16:18 mark. The Blue Devils made just one of their first 11 shots from the floor, but then converted 14 of its next 20 attempts to finish 15-for-31 (.484) for the first half. Boston University jumped out early, darting to a 10-4 advantage thanks to a pair of buckets from Ben Coblyn.
After trailing by six points on four occasions in the first half, Duke claimed its first lead with 8:11 left on the clock when Redick buried a pair of free throws for a 20-19 advantage. The Blue Devils closed the opening stanza with a 14-2 run as Lee Melchionni and Redick scored four points each and the teams went to intermission with Duke ahead, 40-26.
In the second half, the Terriers pulled within nine points at 44-35 on a jumper by Corey Hassan at the 14:13 mark, but Duke responded with seven straight points to push the lead to 16 on Redick's basket with 10:37 left to play. Redick gave the Blue Devils their largest advantage of the night at 64-45 with just under three minutes remaining before Ibrahim Konate's dunk with 27 seconds left accounted for the final margin.
Redick made seven-of-14 field goals and five-of-seven foul shots, but had his streak of consecutive games with at least one three-point bucket snapped at 21. McRoberts scored six points and pulled down a game-best 10 rebounds while DeMarcus Nelson posted a career-high seven steals on the defensive end.
For Boston University, Coblyn led the way with nine points. The Terriers committed 26 turnovers and made just one-of-11 three-point shots.
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