Johnson delivers in OT to help Miami knock off Duke
Leave it to the biggest player on Miami’s roster to put the Hurricanes on his back and carry them to their most impressive victory in quite a while.
Reggie Johnson - all 6 feet 10 inches and 284 pounds of him - scored 5 of his career-high 27 points in overtime of Miami’s 78-74 upset of No. 7 Duke yesterday in Durham, N.C.
Johnson added a season-high 12 rebounds and was a handful all game for the Blue Devils to deal with. Miami outrebounded the Blue Devils, 48-43, and outscored them, 38-26, in the paint.
“I feel I had the hot hand the whole game,’’ Johnson said, adding that first-year coach Jim Larranaga “was trying to ride me a whole lot. My teammates found me in good positions - catch and score.’’
Kenny Kadji added 15 points for the Hurricanes (14-7, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who blew a 16-point lead in the second half, then regrouped to claim their first big victory for their new coach.
“To come in here and play with the kind of poise we did, play the kind of defense we did - especially in the first half and in the overtime - was something that we can be very, very proud of,’’ Larranaga said.
That poise gave Miami its first victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium and just its second win over Duke since joining the ACC. The Hurricanes are on their first four-game winning streak since 2008 and have won three consecutive ACC road games for the first time.
Seth Curry scored 22 points and freshman Austin Rivers added 20 for the Blue Devils (19-4, 6-2), who appeared listless while falling into that deep deficit before waking up with about 16 minutes left. Mason Plumlee added 13 rebounds for Duke.
Then, they missed all six of their free throws in overtime.
“A Duke team should play with energy for 40 minutes, or 45,’’ coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Go outside right now and you look at the banners - there are quite a few of them up there. They were not won without energy, without hunger, with no complacency, with people really wanting it.
“And we’ve wanted it a lot, and we’ve won a lot. We’re supposed to play hard and with energy all the time. Those are givens. Those should be givens.’’
Michigan St. 64, Michigan 54 - Draymond Green had 14 points and 16 rebounds and the host Spartans (18-5, 7-3 Big Ten) upset the No. 23 Wolverines (17-7, 7-4) to end a three-game skid in the rivalry.
Michigan’s Tim Hardaway Jr. missed his first six shots and had a season-low 4 points. Teammate Trey Burke had made only one shot before his 3-pointer just before halftime pulled the Wolverines within 8. Burke finished with 11 points.
The Spartans took control with a 17-7 run early in the first half and pulled away with 8 straight points to take a 57-40 lead with just less than three minutes left after Brandon Wood tracked down an offensive rebound and made a 3-pointer.
Women
Wake Forest 73, BC 60 - Lakevia Boykin had 21 points and Secily Ray added 12 rebounds as the visiting Demon Deacons (13-10, 3-7) kept the Eagles (5-18, 0-10) winless in ACC play.
Katie Zenevitch led BC with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Notre Dame 90, DePaul 70 - Natalie Novosel scored 17 of her 21 points in the first half to help the No. 2 Irish coast to an easy Big East victory over the visiting Blue Demons (17-7, 5-5).
The Irish scored 56 points in the first half, shooting 72 percent from the field - including hitting 6 of 7 3-pointers.
Skylar Diggins added 11 points and 10 assists.
LSU 61, Kentucky 51 - Adrienne Webb scored 16 of her 19 points in the second half and host the Lady Tigers (15-8, 5-5 SEC) snapped the No. 6 Wildcats’ 10-game winning streak.
A’dia Mathies scored all of her 12 points in the second half as she tried to keep Kentucky (21-3, 10-1) unbeaten in league play. Keyla Snowden added 11 points for the Wildcats, who came in having won 13 straight SEC games dating to last season.
Miami 68, Clemson 47 - Shenise Johnson scored 19 points and the No. 7 Hurricanes (20-3, 9-1 ACC) used a 17-1 run midway through the first half to break the game open against the visiting Tigers (6-15, 2-8).
Riquna Williams hit two 3-pointers and Johnson and Shawnice Wilson both scored 5 points during the Hurricanes’ run.
Tennessee 82, Auburn 61 - Glory Johnson had 14 points and 11 rebounds and the No. 8 Lady Volunteers (17-6, 8-2 SEC) turned 23 turnovers into 21 points in a rout of the visiting Tigers (11-13, 3-8).![]()


