Feb. 11, 2012

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DURHAM, N.C. - Nick Faust matched a season high with 15 points and Mychal Parker scored a career-high 12, but No. 10 Duke pulled away from Maryland for a 73-55 win Saturday afternoon in Durham.

Duke's Miles Plumlee had 13 points and a career-high 22 rebounds. Seth Curry scored 19 points and Mason Plumlee added 16 points and 10 rebounds while big brother Miles became the first Duke player with 20 rebounds since Elton Brand in 1998.

"The Plumlee brothers were dominant," head coach Mark Turgeon said. "Their big guys kicked our big guys' tails."

The Blue Devils (21-4, 8-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) followed up their last-second victory over rival North Carolina with their fifth straight victory in the series. They built a 48-33 rebounding advantage but couldn't separate themselves from the Terrapin until they closed the game with a 13-2 run.

Terrell Stoglin, the ACC's leading scorer, finished with 13 - nine below his average - on 4-of-16 shooting for the Terps (14-10, 4-6).

"They just weren't going to let Terrell beat them," Turgeon said. "That's the reason (Krzyzewski) has won 900-something games. He's not a dummy. They weren't going to let Terrell beat them, and he can't handle it, and then we get frustrated because he throws out of the double team, and guys aren't making plays."

Playing their first game since starting point guard Pe'Shon Howard was lost for the season with a torn right knee ligament, they were just 1 of 14 from 3-point range, missing their first 10.

Still, the Terps kept themselves in it for much of the way. Faust's jumper in the lane with 5 minutes left pulled Maryland to 60-53, but the Terrapins managed just one field goal the rest of the way.

Meanwhile, Austin Rivers countered with a free throw and a deep 3, Curry had a pretty drive down the lane and Miles Plumlee followed Curry's missed jumper with an authoritative slam that made it 68-53 with 1:30 left.

Rivers, whose buzzer-beating 3 gave Duke an 85-84 victory over the Tar Heels, finished with 11 points for the Blue Devils.

Parker's 12 points - on 3-of-4 shooting and 6 of 6 at the free-throw line - helped him best a previous career high of nine.

Neither team led by more than seven points in the opening half. Duke led 32-29 at the break after starting 1-for-10 from the field.

The Associated Press contributed to this recap