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College Basketball Roundup: Duke routs Radford, 104-67
Connects on 18 3-point attempts in the first 20 minutes
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Freshman Andre Dawkins scored a season-high 20 points and No. 9 Duke matched a school record with 18 3-pointers in a 104-67 romp against visiting Radford yesterday.

Nolan Smith added 20 points and Jon Scheyer had 18 for the Blue Devils (4-0). They overwhelmed Radford in a first half in which they shot 50 percent and matched the school record with 13 3s.

After that, the only question was whether Duke would launch enough 3s to reach the school record set in 2000 and matched against Monmouth in the first round of the 2001 NCAA tournament. They finished 18 for 32 from long range and shot 48.6 percent overall.

Other Top 25

• Georgetown 63, Savannah State 44: Sophomore Jason Clark scored a career-high 14 points in leading the No. 19 Hoyas (4-0) to the win at Savannah State.

• Kentucky 92, Rider 63: John Wall had 21 points and 11 assists for the No. 4 Wildcats. Kentucky (4-0) held Rider (2-2) to 31 percent shooting.

• Louisville 69, East Tennessee State 56: Edgar Sosa scored 13 of his 16 points in the first half as the No. 20 Cardinals won at home. Louisville (2-0) won despite shooting just 36.4 percent.

District men

• Robert Morris 107, Alcorn State 76: The Colonials (1-3) shot 53 percent (35 of 66) in winning at the 2K Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in Albany, N.Y. Freshman Karon Abraham came off the bench to score 18 points for Robert Morris. The Colonials led Alcorn State (0-5), 51-25, after the first half.

District women:

• Duquesne 65, Penn 58: The Dukes ran their record to 4-0 with the victory at the Palestra. Kelly Britcher lead Duquesne with 18 points and Keri Pryor added 17. Duquesne had 16 steals and forced Penn (0-3) into 25 turnovers.

Top 25 women

• Oklahoma 74, TCU 70: Abi Olajuwon, daughter of former NBA star Hakeem Olajuwon, scored a career-high 23 points and Danielle Robinson added 16 as the No. 20 Sooners (2-1) bounced back from their first loss of the season. Olajuwon made 11 of 15 shots. Oklahoma made just 27 percent of its 3-point attempts.

• Xavier 59, Arizona State 46: Freshman Katie Rutan made three consecutive 3s in a first-half run that put the ninth-ranked Musketeers (2-0) ahead to stay, and had a steal and layup that ended No. 14 Arizona State's comeback. Rutan finished with 13 points.

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First published on November 22, 2009 at 12:00 am