Austin Rivers scored 18 points, Ryan Kelly had 15, and seventh-ranked Duke used a late first-half run to open a double-digit lead it never relinquished last night in a 75-60 victory over Virginia Tech.

Kelly had seven points in the 13-2 run that helped the Blue Devils (19-3, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) pull away. Rivers hit a three-pointer and Kelly scored the last five points in a 10-0 burst in the second half when Duke extended its lead to 62-40 with 11:19 remaining.

“Once we get going and our offense gets going and our defense plays at the same level as our offense, we’re a good team,” Kelly said.

Seth Curry added 11 points and Mason Plumlee 10 for Duke.

The loss was the seventh in eight games for host Virginia Tech (12-10, 1-6). Erick Green had 17 points and Victory Davila tied his career high with 16.

“We had some guys miss some shots, and that affected their ability to do anything on the other end, and you can’t have that and beat a good team,” coach Seth Greenberg said.

Men’s highlights

No. 10 Murray State 81, Southeast Missouri State 73 — Isaiah Canaan scored 32 points, and Murray State (22-0, 10-0) is off to the best start by an Ohio Valley Conference team since Western Kentucky opened 21-0 in 1953-54. Southeast Missouri State is 12-10 and 7-3.

Northwestern 84, Nebraska 74 — John Shurna scored 28 points and Drew Crawford 21, and Northwestern (13-8, 3-6) made 14 three-pointers to win a Big Ten home game and end a three-game losing streak. Bo Spencer led Nebraska (11-10, 3-7) with 24 points.

Butler 64, Wright State 53 — Chrishawn Hopkins scored 13 points and host Butler (13-11, 7-5) never trailed in beating Wright State (11-13, 6-6) in a Horizon League game. Armond Battle led Wright State with 18 points.

Illinois-Chicago 72, Youngstown State 68 — Gary Talton and Daniel Barnes scored 19 points apiece to lead Illinois-Chicago (7-15, 3-9) in a Horizon League home game. Kendrick Perry had 19 for Youngstown State (12-10, 7-5).

Ashland 69, Ohio Dominican 58 — Evan Yates had 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead Ashland (12-8, 7-6) in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game. Morgan Jones scored 16 points for host Ohio Dominican (3-17, 0-10).

Women’s highlight

No. 16 Nebraska 93, No. 15 Purdue 89, 3OT — Lindsey Moore scored eight of her 26 points in the third overtime, including a pair of three-pointers, and Nebraska (19-3, 8-2) beat host Purdue (18-5, 8-2) to move into a first-place tie in the Big Ten.

The Cornhuskers and Boilermakers are a half-game ahead of Ohio State (20-2, 7-2).

Moore made a three-pointer to open the third overtime to give the Huskers an 83-80 lead and later hit a three-pointer to make it 88-84. She had made only three of her past 29 three-point attempts before the third overtime.

Jordan Hooper had 27 points and seven rebounds to lead Nebraska.

Alex Guyton had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Boilermakers, who have lost two straight.