Duke makes a statement with rout of Tar Heels Posted Mar 9, 2013 This latest Battle of the Blues didn’t turn out to be much of a battle at all. Duke scored the game’s first 14 points and never looked back Saturday in rolling to an impressive 69-53 victory over rival North Carolina at the Smith Center. Seth Curry did most of the early damage by scoring 18 of his 20 in the first half. (Wilmington Star News)