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Wednesday, December 7
Durham, N.C.
7 p.m.
Duke University
72
vs
59
Penn
Redick's 24 Points Helps Duke Push Past Penn, 72-59
12/7/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. - J.J. Redick registered a game-high 24 points to move into ninth place on Duke's all-time scoring list and lead top-ranked Blue Devils to a 72-59 win over University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The Blue Devils improve to 8-0 on the year while the Quakers fall to 3-3.
With his 24 points, Redick now has 1,988 career points and needs just 12 points to become just the 35th player in ACC history to reach the 2,000-point plateau. The Blue Devils are now 40-6 when Redick scores 20 or more points in a game. Tonight's game featured the leading scorers in both the ACC (Redick ? 22.7 ppg entering the contest) and Ivy League (Ibrahim Jaaber ? 20.4 ppg). Redick tallied 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the floor while Jaaber countered with 16 points, sinking 7-of-11 field goal attempts.
Redick tossed in 14 points in the opening half as Duke claimed a 34-24 advantage after 20 minutes of action. The Quakers shot just 32.1 percent (9-of-28) from the floor and committed 14 turnovers.
In the second half, Penn pulled within eight points on Eric Osmundson's layup at the 18:42 mark, but Duke countered with a 14-3 run to go ahead 48-29 on a bucket by Josh McRoberts with 14:30 left to play. The Quakers battled back to trail by 10 with six minutes left, but would get no closer the remainder of the way.
Shelden Williams added 20 points, five rebounds, four steals and a pair of blocked shots on the night. The senior forward was five-of-seven from the floor and 10-of-11 from the foul line in his 36 minutes of action. Sean Dockery reached double digits in the scoring column for the second consecutive game with 11 points to go along with seven rebounds and five steals.
For Penn, Jaaber led the way with 16 points while David Whitehust buried five three-point field goals for 15. The Quakers turned the ball over 26 total times in the contest.
Duke travels this weekend to East Rutherford, N.J., and will take on second-ranked Texas on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. The game will be televised live by CBS. Penn returns home to meet fourth-ranked Villanova next Tuesday evening at 8 p.m.
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