Florida State upsets Duke again; MSU stuns Illini

Published 12:00 am Monday, February 3, 2003

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Adam Waleskowski sandwiched a left-handed hook and a dunk around two free throws by Tim Pickett in the final 20 seconds Sunday night as Florida State upset No. 5 Duke at home for the second straight season, 75-70.

Florida State (11-8, 2-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) moved out of the league's basement with the victory while handing the Blue Devils (14-3, 4-3) their third straight conference road loss.

Pickett's free throws gave Florida State a 73-70 lead with 9.9 seconds left and Duke raced down the court looking for a tying 3-point shot, but Chris Duhon slipped and fell in front of the Blue Devils bench, losing the ball with 6 seconds left and leading to the game-ending dunk by Waleskowski.

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Pickett had 15 points, nine rebounds and four assists for Florida State, which made nine of its last 10 free throws.

Freshman J.J. Redick led Duke with 16 points.

Michigan St. 68, No. 13 Illinois 65

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The Michigan State Spartans sent a reminder to anyone who might have forgotten about them.

Paul Davis scored a career-high 15 points and Alan Anderson also had 15 as the Spartans rallied from a big first-half deficit to beat No. 13 Illinois 68-65 Sunday.

Michigan State (12-8, 4-4 Big Ten) has won two straight -- both against ranked teams -- after losing six of eight in its worst slump since 1996-97, Tom Izzo's second season as coach.

Michigan State trailed by 14 with two minutes left in the first half and won the game by outscoring Illinois 9-3 over the final five minutes.

The Fighting Illini (15-4, 5-3) had won three straight and seven of nine. Brian Cook, who came in as the Big Ten's leading scorer, was held to 13 points in 22 minutes because of foul trouble. He picked up his fourth foul with 11:57 to play.