CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Jeremy Roach scored 16 points to lead No. 8 Duke to an 84-55 victory over Miami on Wednesday night.
Kyle Filipowski and Mark Mitchell each had 15 points for the Blue Devils (21-5, 12-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their fifth straight and 16th of 18.
Duke's Tyrese Proctor returned from a one-game absence on concussion protocol and scored 12 points in 23 minutes while Caleb Foster added 11.
The Blue Devils hit 13 of 29 3-pointers for their second consecutive game with double-digit conversions from behind the arc. They made 10 from 3-point range against Florida State on Saturday.
Wooga Poplar and Bensley Joseph finished with 15 points each for the Hurricanes (15-12, 6-10) who shot 31% from the field and lost their fifth straight. It is their longest skid since a six-game slide in February and March 2021.
Consecutive 3-pointers from Foster keyed a 13-0 run and put Duke ahead 29-14 midway through the first half. Roach's 3-pointer with 2:36 remaining in the half made it 38-18.
Duke increased the lead to 54-31 on Foster's 3-pointer 4:54 into the second half and Miami got no closer than 58-41 on Poplar's two free throws with 15:59 remaining.
Miami was without second and third-leading scorers Matthew Cleveland and Nijel Pack. Cleveland participated in pregame warmups but didn't play because of illness while a lower extremity injury sidelined Pack for the second straight game.
