Top-ranked Duke holds off Hoosiers

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Duke's J.J. Redick was more efficient than Indiana's Marco Killingsworth, and he had more help.

Redick scored 29 points and Shelden Williams added 13 before fouling out to help No. 1 Duke hold off No. 17 Indiana 75-67 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday night.

Duke (6-0) is now 7-0 in the showcase event, but had to withstand an outstanding performance by Killingsworth -- and a hostile Indiana crowd -- to remain perfect.

Killingsworth was almost unstoppable for the Hoosiers (3-1). He scored a career-high 34 points in 34 minutes, was 15-of-20 from the field, had 10 rebounds and two blocks and single-handedly got the Blue Devils' two top interior players -- Williams and Josh McRoberts -- into foul trouble early in the second half. He even hit a 3-pointer during an 11-0 run that gave Indiana its first lead of the game at 59-58.

But it wasn't enough against Redick, who hit 10-of-17 shots including four 3-pointers and stabilized the Blue Devils in the final 10 minutes.

"J.J. just refuses to lose," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

Indiana students painted their faces and bodies, bounced up and down like the Cameron Crazies and turned Assembly Hall, at the urging of the athletic department, into a sea of white rather than its usual red. Krzyzewski called it the loudest atmosphere he'd experienced, aside from Cameron Indoor Stadium, when Indiana took the lead with 7:43 to go on Killingsworth's dunk.