National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Duke 79, Georgia Tech 57
When: 7:45 PM ET, Sunday, February 20, 2011
Where: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
Officials: # Bryan Kersey, # John Cahill, # Karl Hess
Attendance: 9314
Nolan Smith scored 28 points and added seven rebounds as No. 5 Duke put itself in position to climb the national rankings after routing Georgia Tech 79-57 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday night.Where: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
Officials: # Bryan Kersey, # John Cahill, # Karl Hess
Attendance: 9314
Kyle Singler added 15 points as Duke (25-2, 12-1 ACC) cruised to its sixth straight win to cap a week that saw the top four teams in the poll all suffer losses. Singler became the 21st player in the conference to score 1,000 points in regular-season play.
The Blue Devils closed the first half on a 9-0 run to take a 37-28 lead into the half. They then outscored the Yellow Jackets 24-8 to start the second half, effectively blowing the game open.
Georgia Tech (11-15, 3-9) got 13 points apiece from Maurice Miller and Iman Shumpert while Glen Rice Jr. finished with a dozen.
Top Game Performances
| Georgia Tech | Duke | |
| Maurice Miller 13 | Scoring | Nolan Smith 28 |
| Maurice Miller 5 | Assists | Seth Curry 6 |
| Iman Shumpert 6 | Rebounds | Mason Plumlee 9 |
| Iman Shumpert 5 | Free Throws Made | Kyle Singler 5 |
| Maurice Miller 2 | Steals | Seth Curry 2 |
| Daniel Miller 5 | Blocks | Ryan Kelly 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| Georgia Tech | 57 | 33.3 | 3-15 | 14-20 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 7 | |
| Duke | 79 | 45.2 | 6-16 | 17-20 | 18 | 38 | 2 | 9 |