DURHAM, N.C. — Stephen Curry started creating shots, and not coincidentally, they started to fall. Just that quickly, Davidson was on its way back from a big deficit — and it was starting to feel like last March again.

But the Wildcats had too far to come, especially against No. 2 Duke.

"We still had a 10-point lead. ... These teams are going to make runs like that on us," guard Jon Scheyer said. "And whenever that happens, when it gets tight or close like that, we've got to take shots aggressively and with a lot of confidence."

Scheyer and Kyle Singler both scored 22 points, and Duke held off a late Curry-led charge to beat Davidson 79-67 Wednesday night.

Gerald Henderson added 11 points on 3 of 11 shooting for the Blue Devils (13-1). They never trailed, outscored the Wildcats 20-7 to start the second half and won their 67th straight nonconference home game by withstanding a furious comeback attempt that for a while seemed destined to add to Curry's legend.

"All was good in Krzyzewskiville. And then, all of a sudden, the clouds came," head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "The story's going to end bad. But you don't win every round against good teams. They're going to make you look bad, stop you, or you're going to stop them and we stopped them a little bit more than they stopped us."

Curry, the nation's leading scorer, scored 29 points — the most Duke has allowed any player this season — on 10 of 22 shooting but was just 1-for-8 from 3-point range and turned it over six times for Davidson (10-3).

He scored 21 points in the second half as he tried to rally his team from a 25-point deficit, including seven in a 90-second span that came during a
14-2 spurt midway through the half to help the Wildcats close within 13.

"After they made that big run in the second half and got up 20-plus, we didn't panic," Curry said. "We've been in that situation before — kind of too often now — and we just got back to hittin' singles, as coach would say, and making the easy play."

Davidson then pulled to 69-61 on Andrew Lovedale's basket in the post with 3:53 left, but couldn't get any closer. Lance Thomas hit two critical free throws and Scheyer scored six points in the final 2 minutes — including the 1,000th of his career — to help Duke pull away late.

"I've been doing this for 20 years against Duke," Davidson head coach Bob McKillop said. "They expose you. They undress you. And unless you stay in the center ring and fight from the center of the ring, instead of backpedaling and getting caught on the ropes, you're never going to be successful against Duke."

Duke hasn't lost to the Wildcats since Krzyzewski's second season at Duke in 1981 — the last time a non-Atlantic Coast Conference team from the state beat them at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

No. 3 North Carolina 108, College of Charleston 70

In Chapel Hill, N.C., Tyler Hansbrough had 24 points and the Tar Heels bounced back from their first loss by beating College of Charleston.

Deon Thompson added 15 points for UNC (14-1), who used a 19-2 run spanning halftime to turn the game into a rout. North Carolina shot 59 percent and cracked the 100-point mark for the fifth time this year.

North Carolina held the No. 1 ranking until Sunday's 85-78 home loss to Boston College, which was picked to finish 11th in the Atlantic Coast Conference. North Carolina had won every other game by double figures.

Tony White Jr. had 16 points to lead the Cougars (10-3).

No. 11 Syracuse 85, DePaul 68

In Syracuse, N.Y., Andy Rautins scored 17 points and Paul Harris added 14 to lead six the Orange players in double figures in Syracuse's win over DePaul.

It was the sixth straight victory for Syracuse (15-1, 3-0 Big East) and the third consecutive loss for DePaul (8-8, 0-3).

Dar Tucker led the Blue Demons with 18 points, Will Walker had 13, Mac Koshwal 12, and Devin Hill 10.

Syracuse used an early 12-2 run to open a double-digit lead and the Blue Demons struggled with costly turnovers and never recovered.

Gonzaga 89, No. 15 Tennessee 79 (OT)

In Knoxville, Tenn., Matt Bouldin tied a career high with 26 points to help the Bulldogs upset the Volunteers in overtime.

With 26 seconds left, Tyler Smith hit a layup for Tennessee to tie the game at 73. Bouldin missed a shot at the other end of the floor, and Wayne Chism came up with the ball in the ensuing scramble, but couldn't get it to the Vols' end of the floor before time expired.

It was all Gonzaga (9-4) in the extra period, as Austin Daye hit a 3-pointer and four free throws to help the Zags grab their second win over the Vols for the season. Gonzaga won 83-74 on Nov. 30 in the Old Spice Classic championship in Orlando, Fla.

Gonzaga's win broke a 37-game home winning streak for Tennessee (9-4).

Harvard 82, No. 17 Boston College 70

In Boston, Jeremy Lin scored 27 points to lead the Crimson to an upset of the Eagles, coming three days after BC upset previously top-ranked North Carolina.

The Eagles (13-3), who had their 10-game winning streak snapped, defeated the unbeaten Tar Heels 85-78 in Chapel Hill on Sunday for one of the school's biggest regular season wins to move into the Top 25.

Corey Raji paced BC with 16 points, Tyrese Rice had 14, Joe Trapani had 12. Rice was held to three points until the final four minutes.

Oliver McNally had 17 points and Andrew Pusar 13 for the Crimson (8-6), who had never beaten a ranked team before and lost 15 of their last 16 games against the Eagles.

No. 18 Marquette 81, Rutgers 76

In Piscataway, N.J., Wesley Matthews scored 23 points, hitting all 10 of his shots, to help Marquette beat Rutgers.

Jerel McNeal added 16 points and Dominic James had 15 for the Golden Eagles (14-2), who won their sixth straight in starting 3-0 in the Big East for the first time since joining the conference in 2005.

Mike Rosario scored 22 to lead Rutgers (9-7, 0-3), which dropped its fourth straight. The freshman helped the Scarlet Knights' rally as Rutgers sliced a 21-point deficit to two with 37 seconds remaining.

No. 23 Louisville 71, South Florida 57

In Tampa, Fla., Earl Clark scored 22 points and Louisville shut down South Florida during a crucial eight-minute stretch of the second half to pull away in the Cardinals' Big East opener.

Taking up the slack with leading scorer Samardo Samuels on the bench in foul trouble much of the game, Clark made 8 of 18 shots and finished with a team-leading nine rebounds. Edgar Sosa added 12 points for the Cardinals (10-3, 1-0).