DUKE 75, BOSTON COLLEGE 50: Seth Curry scored 18 points, including three 3-pointers, as No. 4 Duke won its fourth straight game and climbed back into a tie for first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Curry made four-of-eight from the field, made all seven free throws attempted and added five rebounds and two assists. The Blue Devils (23-4, 10-2 ACC) also got 16 points and seven rebounds from Austin Rivers and 13 points and five rebounds from Andre Dawkins.

Boston College (8-19, 3-10 ACC) got 21 points and eight rebounds from freshman Ryan Anderson, who has scored 74 points over the last four games. Matt Humphrey added 12 points for the Eagles, who have lost three straight and has dropped nine of their last 10 games.

Boston College was able to hang with Duke for the first 10 minutes. The game was tied at 13 with 10:23 remaining, but the Blue Devils outscored the Eagles 17-8 and led 30-21 at halftime.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Duke’s bench outscored Boston College 27-6, a problem compounded by the fact that two of the Eagles’ starters combined for five points... Duke scored 15 second-chance points, compared to only one for Boston College... The loss ended a streak of three straight games in which Boston College had scored at least 60 points... Duke now leads the all-time series 14-2 and is 10-1 since the 2005-06 season.