DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – Tyler Roberson had 14 points and a career-high 20 rebounds, and Syracuse beat No. 20 Duke 64-62 on Monday night, the Blue Devils’ third straight loss.
Trevor Cooney, Malachi Richardson and Duke transfer Michael Gbinije all scored 14 points for Syracuse (13-7, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), which improved to 3-1 since Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim returned from his nine-game suspension.
Marshall Plumlee had 19 points and 17 rebounds to lead Duke (14-5, 3-3), which has its longest losing streak since the 2006-07 team dropped its final four games.
Duke had two chances in the final minute to take the lead after Plumlee made it 63-62 with 31.3 seconds left. Gbinije missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 29.1 seconds left, and after the Orange burned three fouls to give, Grayson Allen missed a flip shot with about 7 seconds left and Roberson tapped the rebound out to Richardson.
Richardson made a free throw with 2.1 seconds left and Matt Jones rebounded the miss, took off down court and appeared to draw contact near midcourt but no fouls were called as the buzzer sounded.