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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has little
patience for bad habits. He let his team know about it after a
101-60 victory over North Carolina A&T on Sunday.
"Every game is important to me," said Krzyzewski, who took an
extra 20 minutes getting to the postgame interview after lecturing
his 11th-ranked Blue Devils despite a 41-point win. "This is what
I do. I want it to be great every time we go out on the court.
"These kids have responded to the need, and if they perceived
they were going to win maybe they didn't perceive the need. I
didn't sense that need for one another today and that's a bad habit
to get into."
Chris Carrawell characterized the team's postgame meeting as
being "like hell."
"We've a team that has to keep improving every game," said
Carrawell, who had 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists in
Duke's seventh straight win. "We're not like last year's team.
We're not that good or talented to where we're going to come in the
gym and blow teams out at halftime.
"We have to scrap and we took five steps back today. If this is
an ACC game, we lose this game."
Freshman Jason Williams rebounded from a nasty first-half
collision to score a season-high 22 points. All but two of
Williams' points came in the second half as the Blue Devils (7-2)
won their 40th straight home game.
Duke also got a season-high 19 points from freshman Mike
Dunleavy, while Tarrell Robinson led the Aggies (1-6) with 14
points.
Duke broke open a close game with a 17-0 run late in the first
half while improving to 124-2 against nonconference teams in
Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1983.
The Aggies trailed 28-24 with 6:24 left in the first half, but
were doomed by 16 first-half turnovers and 35 percent shooting.
"We talked before the game and said we can't do things that are
going to help Duke beat us," Aggies coach Curtis Hunter said. "I
don't think they were forcing us to turn the ball over. We were
making careless passes and trying to do things we shouldn't have
been doing and making the game easy.
"They get up and down the court so quick, in three seconds
you're gone."
Duke wasn't sharp in the opening 20 minutes after an eight-day
layoff for exams, and Krzyzewski let his team know it several
times, openly yelling at them during two timeouts.
The Blue Devils also had to overcome an eight-minute span
without Williams. The team's point guard was sandwiched between two
opposing players and had his neck bent back early in the game. With
Williams out, Krzyzewski used a lineup with no player shorter than
6-foot-6, and Duke's ballhandling and offensive execution
floundered.
But Duke's late first-half run coincided with the return of
Williams as five players scored during a spurt that gave the Blue
Devils a 45-28 halftime lead.
Williams heated up early in the second half as Duke sank its
first seven shots during a 14-0 run as the lead grew to 31 points.
Williams hit a 16-footer, a pair of free throws, two 3-pointers
and a fast break layup in a span of 3½ minutes to hit double
figures for the ninth straight game.
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