Dukes up: No. 7 Blue Devils top Duquesne 95-72

Lance Thomas scored a career-high 21 points to help No. 7 Duke rout Duquesne 95-72 on Friday.

Thomas, the first big man off coach Mike Krzyzewski's deep bench, had 12 of his points in the decisive first half and made all eight of his shots in helping the Blue Devils (7-0) shoot a season-high 54.7 percent.

Kyle Singler had 17 points, Nolan Smith added 11, and Duke _ which hadn't shot better than 48.5 percent in any game so far _ scored 31 points off 19 Duquesne turnovers.

The Blue Devils never trailed, led by 10 midway through the first half, pushed it to 20 by the break and 30 shortly after halftime in cruising to their 64th straight nonconference …