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No. 3 Duke 101, Florida St. 68 <br>DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Duke avenged its first home loss in more than three years in convincing fashion, getting 19 points from Jason Williams and 17 each from Nate James

Thursday, February 17th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

No. 3 Duke 101, Florida St. 68
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Duke avenged its first home loss in more than three years in convincing fashion, getting 19 points from Jason Williams and 17 each from Nate James and Carlos Boozer.

The Blue Devils (20-3, 11-1) inched a step closer to a record-tying fourth straight Atlantic Coast Conference regular season championship with their 11th consecutive victory over Florida State. Duke can tie for the title with a win Saturday at N.C. State.

Nigel Dixon had a season-high 12 points for the Seminoles (9-13,4-7), who are 1-5 since beating North Carolina in Chapel Hill onJan. 22, and have lost seven of their last nine.
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No. 17 Texas 68, No. 8 Oklahoma St. 57

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Gabe Muoneke scored 17 points, including eight straight in a key second-half run, to lead Texas. Texas (18-6, 9-2 Big 12) led 40-33 early in the second half when Muoneke went on his scoring spree, getting all of his points by muscling his way close to the basket for short jumpers and lay ups to push the Longhorns' lead to 48-35 with 13:55 left to play.

Oklahoma State (20-3, 9-2) cut the lead to 48-44 on a three-point play by Desmond Mason but got no closer. Chris Mihm had 15 points and 16 rebounds for Texas, which shot 47 per cent from the field against the Big 12's best defense. Mason, who scored 30 points when Oklahoma State beat Texas 73-65 in January, finished with 12 on 4-of-13 shooting.
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No. 14 Iowa St. 64, No. 24 Kansas 62
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Jamaal Tinsley stole the ball and drove the length of the court for lay ups twice over the final 1:40 to help the Cyclones break a 17-game losing streak in Allen Fieldhouse.

Marcus Fizer, who finished with 15 points, hit an off-balance jumper with 6 seconds left for a 63-59 lead for the Cyclones (22-3,10-1 Big 12). Then Kansas' Jeff Boschee, who was 2-for-17 from the field, made a 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds to go. Paul Shirley hit a free throw in the final second to clinch the win.

The Cyclones, who have won 19 of their last 20, took over first place in the league, one game ahead of Oklahoma State and Texas. Nick Bradford and Drew Gooden each had 11 points for Kansas(18-7, 7-4).