In another top-10 matchup on its famed home court Tuesday night, No. 10 Duke never lead as No. 6 Illinois took control early and never led the Blue Devils back in the game.
Illinois left Cameron Indoor Stadium with a 83-68 basketball win as part of the ACC-Big 10 Challenge, the second home loss the Blue Devils have suffered this month.
The Illini (4-1) followed Big Ten rival Michigan State by beating the Blue Devils in Durham. The Spartans beat Duke 75-69 on Dec. 1.
Illinois jumped to leads of 14-2 and 17-4 in the game's early minutes. Duke never cut the deficit below eight points as Illinois took a 43-29 halftime lead. Duke failed to trim the Illinois lead below 10 points in the second half as the Illini led by as many as 19 points.
Junior guard Ayo Dosunmu scored 18 points for Illinois while interior players Kofi Cockburn and Giorgi Bezhanishvili also wreaked havoc for the Illini. A 7-0 sophomore, Cockburn scored 13 points with eight rebounds. The 6-9, 235-pound Bezhanishvili finished with 11 points.
Duke (2-2) shot 40.3% overall while making only 5 of 22 3-point shots.
Matthew Hurt led the Blue Devils with 19 points. Freshmen Jeremy Roach (13) and DJ Steward (13) also scored in double-figures for Duke.
