The Princeton offense was no match for top-ranked Duke's uptempo defense. Nolan Smith scored 22 points and the Blue Devils forced 27 turnovers in a season-opening 97-60 rout of the Tigers on Sunday in the first round of the CBE Classic. Kyrie Irving, the first freshman to start a season as Duke's point guard since Jason Williams in 1999, had 17 points. Kyle Singler added 16 and helped the Blue Devils shoot 55 percent and hit 14 3-pointers. Opening a season as the top-ranked team for the seventh time, Duke never trailed and broke it open by outscoring the Tigers 24-11 during the first 8 minutes of the second half. The reigning national champions also did it with defense, turning all those turnovers into 36 points. "We definitely played the defense we wanted to play," Smith said. "Against a team like that, with guys that can really shoot 3s, we played the defense we wanted to play tonight." Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303180150
