DURHAM, N.C. -- Eastern Michigan isnt undefeated against Duke anymore. The Eagles simply couldnt keep the ninth-ranked Blue Devils off the boards in an 82-59 loss Saturday. This was just the second meeting between the schools -- the Earl Boykins-led Eagles upset Duke in the first round of the 1996 NCAA tournament -- and Eastern Michigans struggles on the glass led to a lopsided loss in the rematch 18 years later. Duke outrebounded the Eagles 47-32 and had 20 offensive rebounds. "Its important -- the shot goes up, we have to rebound the ball," Eastern Michigan coach Rob Murphy said. "I thought we did a great job of showing and forcing them into some contested shots. But we gave up 20 offensive rebounds. "To be successful, ultimately, the way we play, we have to rebound the basketball and we didnt do a great job of that tonight." Mike Talley scored 20 points to lead the Eagles (7-4), while Karrington Ward scored 11 points and Sims finished with 10. Eastern Michigan kept this a game into the second half, but went 6 minutes between field goals during the critical stretch when Duke pulled away. For Duke, Jabari Parker scored 23 points and Andre Dawkins had season highs of 20 points and six 3-pointers. With Rodney Hood fighting an illness that he said caused him to flee the court and throw up, Dawkins was summoned from the bench to make a surprise start moments before the opening tip. And the fifth-year senior who sat out last season sure made the most of it. He finished with his highest point total since scoring 22 and hitting six 3s in a win at Florida State in 2012. "Its a little bit different coming off, not playing for a year, and trying to play at this level," Dawkins said. "So, it took some time, but Im getting there. But its still a process." Rasheed Sulaimon added 13 for Duke (10-2) and came up with the key hustle play during the decisive second-half run that helped them polish off their fourth straight win. Duke shot 40 per cent against Eastern Michigans tough zone defence while hitting 10 3-pointers, and wrapped up the pre-ACC home schedule with its 101st straight nonconference win at Cameron Indoor Stadium. "We knew they played zone, so we were going to get open looks on the offensive end, but we really wanted to focus on stopping them," Dawkins said. "It was a big task to try and stop them but I think we did a pretty good job." The Blue Devils led just 43-35 with 15 minutes left before breaking the game open with a 15-1 run. Quinn Cook and Hood hit 3-pointers roughly 25 seconds apart before Sulaimons key hustle play. He had Eagles guard J.R. Sims trapped near midcourt when Sims tried to spike the ball off Sulaimon and out of bounds -- but the ball instead rolled down the sideline toward the Duke basket. Sulaimon scooped it up, was fouled hard by Sims -- who received a flagrant foul -- on his way to the basket and hit the ensuing two free throws to stretch the lead to 53-35 with 13:12 left. Dawkins 3-pointer roughly 3 minutes later gave the Blue Devils their first 20-point lead at 56-36. Amile Jefferson -- who started the run with a free throw with 14:28 left -- hit a foul shot to push it to 58-36 with 10:25 remaining, and they pulled away from there. Jefferson finished with a career-high 14 rebounds for the Blue Devils, who have had at least one 20-point scorer in every game this season. Its the first time thats happened at Duke since the eventual national champion 2000-01 team did it in its first 17 games. Ten of those 20-point games now belong to Parker, who led or shared the teams scoring lead for the eighth time. He scored 14 of Dukes 37 points in the first half after hitting six of his first 11 shots, including a pair of thunderous alley-oop dunks. That helped make up for an off day for Hood, who averages 18.5 points but finished with eight on 3-of-8 shooting. He also had eight rebounds while playing through his unspecified illness. Coach Mike Krzyzewski said he received an IV at halftime. "He wasnt the same guy," Krzyzewski said. MLB Jerseys China . The 66-year-old Irishman left Newcastle in 2009 after a heart attack. He had been the clubs interim manager following the departure of Kevin Keegan. Cheap MLB Jerseys . Watch the game in the Jets region on TSN Jets beginning at 8pm et/7pm ct, and listen to the action on TSN Radio 1290. As the Atlanta Thrashers, the team hasnt beaten Tampa Bay since a 6-3 triumph on Oct. http://www.salejerseyswholesale.com/Mlb-jerseys.html . Rex Ryan and the New York Jets are giving him that second chance. "Im just grateful," a confident yet humble Burress said Sunday night.(Sports Network) - Venezuelan-born right-hander Henderson Alvarez can follow a teammates pitching gem with one of his own tonight, when the Toronto Blue Jays close out a four-game series with the visiting Kansas City Royals at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays were 4-1 winners in Wednesdays third game when Carlos Villanueva (3-0) tossed six shutout innings, scattered four hits and struck out seven without walking a batter. Jason Frasor and Darren Oliver navigated through the seventh and the eighth, respectively, and Casey Janssen locked up his 11th save of the year with a perfect ninth inning. Yunel Escobar drove in two runs, while Rajai Davis and Kelly Johnson both added an RBI with sacrifice flies for the Blue Jays, who have won four of their last six. "I thought we did an excellent job of manufacturing some runs," manager John Farrell said. Jeff Francoeur accounted for the only run with an RBI triple for the Royals, who have lost five of six. Luis Mendoza (3-5) was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs on nine hits and a walk with nine strikeouts. Meanwhile, Alvarez, who turned 22 in April, debuted with Toronto last season and was 1-3 in his initial 10 starts while posting a respectable 3.53 earned run average and allowing an opposition batting average oof .dddddddddddd262. In 16 starts so far in 2012, hes posted a 4.15 earned run average and allowed foes to hit .287 against him through 102 innings, while walking 21 batters and striking out 32. He was 3-6 after 14 starts through mid-June, but has won two straight since in defeating Boston and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim while giving up 13 hits and four earned runs in 12 innings. Alvarez has never faced the Royals. Kansas City counters with former No. 1 overall draft pick Luke Hochevar, who had a personal two-start win streak snapped in his last outing. 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