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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) β Freshman center Jahlil Okafor scored a season-high 27 points and No. 2 Duke beat pesky Toledo 86-69 on Monday night.
Quinn Cook added a season-best 20 points and Tyus Jones had 15 for Duke (11-0), which was playing its first game since Dec. 18.
The Blue Devils raced out to a big early lead, then allowed Toledo to shoot itself back into the game before eventually pulling away.
Okafor was 12 of 15 from the field while reaching the 20-point mark for the fourth time in six games.
Julius Brown scored 19 for Toledo (7-5), which erased most of a 14-point deficit by making 13 of 15 shots over a 9Β½-minute stretch. Brown's 3-pointer about 90 seconds into the second half cut Duke's lead to 47-44.
Okafor then reeled off seven straight points to start the decisive 21-9 spurt.
No. 11 TEXAS 66, RICE 55
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) β Freshman big man Myles Turner scored 16 points in his first career start, and Texas held off an inspired Rice team in an afternoon game.
Turner, a highly recruited 6-foot-11 forward, shot 6 of 7 in his first start after 12 games as a reserve.
Jonathan Holmes scored 12 for Texas, including a three-point play that put the Longhorns (11-2) up six with 2:50 remaining.
Holmes' basket and free throw were part of a 13-0 run for the Longhorns, who led by just two with less than four minutes left.
Rice (3-8) went scoreless for 5:46 late in the game before scoring with 6 seconds to go.
Seth Gearhart led Rice with a career-best 24 points, 10 more than his average. He was 4 of 8 on 3-pointers.