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The Associated Press

Published: February 23, 2009

DURHAM, N.C. - Gerald Henderson scored a career-high 35 points and No. 9 Duke held on to beat No. 8 Wake Forest 101-91 on Sunday night.
Jon Scheyer added a career high with 30 points for the Blue Devils (22-5, 8-4 ACC). They twice led by 22 points in the first half and let the Demon Deacons creep within two points before finally putting them away with a 16-6 run that was keyed by Henderson.
Jeff Teague scored 28 points and James Johnson added 26 for the Demon Deacons (20-5, 7-5). They shot 61 percent but allowed Duke to hit 54 percent of its attempts - the worst performance of the season by the ACC's stingiest defense.

Yet Wake Forest managed to twice close within two points in the final moments, the last coming when freshman Al-Farouq Aminu's alley-oop dunk from Johnson made it 80-78 with 7 1/2 minutes remaining.

Scheyer knocked down three free throws roughly 30 seconds later to start the decisive run in which Duke hit 6-for-7 attempts from the foul line. Henderson and Scheyer then capped the run by hitting 3-pointers about a minute apart, with Scheyer pushing it to 96-84 with 2:12 left.
Wake Forest didn't get closer than seven points the rest of the way.
Kyle Singler and Williams had 11 points apiece for Duke, which led by 20 before Teague hit his first field goal and went on to deny the Demon Deacons their first series sweep in 13 years while keeping them from their first win at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1997.
Wake Forest has lost four straight road games. Its last victory away from Joel Coliseum came at Clemson and propelled them to the second No. 1 ranking in school history.

The following week, after the Demon Deacons were dethroned, they knocked Duke from the top spot with a 70-68 victory in which Henderson's turnover in the final seconds gave Johnson an opportunity to hit the game-winning shot with 0.8 seconds remaining.

NO. 6 MICHIGAN ST. 61,

WISCONSIN 50

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Kalin Lucas scored 17 points to help Michigan State (21-5, 11-3) keep a one-game lead in the Big Ten with a come-from-behind victory vs. Wisconsin (17-10, 8-7).

NO. 12 VILLANOVA 89,

NO. 24 SYRACUSE 86

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Dwayne Anderson scored a career-high 22 points to lead Villanova (22-5, 10-4 Big East) to a season-series sweep of Syracuse (19-8, 7-7).

The win didn't come easily for the Wildcats, who overcame their own sloppy play against the Orange defensive pressure down the stretch. Syracuse, however, missed six shots in the final minute, including three 3-point attempts in the final 8 seconds before the buzzer sounded as Jonny Flynn's shot bounced off the rim.

NO. 13 CLEMSON 81,

GEORGIA TECH 73

ATLANTA - Trevor Booker had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead Clemson (22-4, 8-4 ACC), which overcame a 15-point deficit in a victory vs. Georgia Tech (10-16, 1-12).

NO. 16 XAVIER 71,

GEORGE WASHINGTON 53

CINCINNATI - C.J. Anderson led five players in double figures with 14 points, and Xavier (22-5, 10-3) beat George Washington (8-16, 2-10), putting the Musketeers back into first place in the Atlantic 10.

NO. 18 ILLINOIS 70,

OHIO ST. 68

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Four days after mustering just 33 points in a pitiful home loss, Illinois (22-6, 10-5 Big Ten) placed three players in double figures led by Mike Davis' 22 points and shot 58 percent from the field in a victory vs. Ohio State (17-8, 7-7).

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