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No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Michigan cruise

Mason Plumlee had 21 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke beat Elon 76-54 on last night in Durham, N.C. for its 100th straight nonconference win at Cameron Indoor Stadium .

Ryan Kelly added 14 points, freshman Rasheed Sulaimon had 13 and Tyler Thornton hit a pair of key 3-pointers 30 seconds apart that helped the Blue Devils (11-0) pull away.

Playing on back-to-back nights, Duke counted on its defense to pick up an offense that was off on more open shots than usual. Duke shot 43 percent but forced 17 turnovers and turned them into 19 points while holding the Phoenix to just five offensive rebounds.

Sebastian Koch scored 14 points but Elon (6-5) was denied its first win over an Atlantic Coast Conference team since 2005.

Quinn Cook added 10 points for Duke, which hasn’t lost to a non-ACC team at Cameron since falling to St. John’s on Feb. 26, 2000.

Michigan 93, Eastern Mich. 54

In Ann Arbor, Mich, Tim Hardaway Jr. had 17 points and a career-high seven assists to help No. 2 Michigan rout Eastern Michigan.

The Wolverines (12-0) are off to their best start since winning the first 16 games of the 1985-86 season.

The Eagles (6-4) have lost two straight since beating Purdue.

Michigan trailed 6-2 in the opening minutes, then took control with a 20-0 run. The Wolverines led 40-24 at halftime and enjoyed an even bigger cushion for much of the second half.

Eastern Michigan’s Daylen Harrison scored 13 points and Glen Bryant had 10.

Michigan’s Trey Burke had 11 points and eight assists.

LaSalle 88, Iona 74

In Philadelphia, Tyrone Garland, making his second appearance for La Salle, scored a career-high 26 points off the bench as the Explorers topped Iona.

Garland, a transfer from Virginia Tech who was ineligible until last week, hit 10 of 22 from the field in 23 minutes. The junior scored nine points in his debut against Bucknell on Dec. 15.

Ramon Galloway had 21 points and had 10 assists. The senior hit 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and is averaging 22 points per game over his past three contests with a 52.6 percent (10 of 19) clip from 3-point range.

Jerrell Wright and Tyreek Duren added 13 points and Steve Zack had 10 rebounds for La Salle (7-2).

Iona (5-5) was led by David Laury’s 21 points and 14 rebounds off the bench. Laury, a transfer from Lamar State, was making his Gaels’ debut.

Princeton 62, Rider 45

In Princeton, Hans Brase scored 17 points and Denton Koon and Ian Hummer added 15 apiece to lead the Tigers over Rider.

Brase made 7 of 9 shot attempts while Koon made 7 of 10 for the Tigers (4-6), who shot 54.2 percent (26 of 58) from the field. Hummer, who became just the second Princeton player to reach the 1,300 point and 600 rebound milestone, moved into the eighth place all-time on the Tigers’ career-points list (1,323) and sixth place for career-field goals made (518).

Princeton led 27-21 at halftime and outscored Rider (6-6) 29-15 over the first 14 minutes of the second half to take a 56-36 lead with 5:57 remaining. Hummer scored nine points during the run, Koon had eight and Brase had six.

Anthony Myles had 18 for Rider and Jonathan Thompson 14 but the Broncs shot just 36.4 percent (16-for-44).