DURHAM, N.C. - Leave it to the biggest player on Miami's roster to put the Hurricanes on his back and carry them to their most impressive win in quite a while.
Reggie Johnson - all 6-foot-10 and 284 pounds of him - scored five of his career-high 27 points in overtime of Miami's 78-74 upset of No. 7 Duke on Sunday.
Johnson added a season-high 12 rebounds and was a handful all game for the Blue Devils to deal with. Miami out-rebounded them 48-43 and outscored them 38-26 in the paint.
"I feel I had the hot hand the whole game," Johnson said. "My teammates found me in good positions - catch and score."
Kenny Kadji added 15 points for the Hurricanes (14-7, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who blew a 16-point lead in the second half, then regrouped to claim their first big victory for their first-year coach, Jim Larranaga.
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"To come in here and play with the kind of poise we did, play the kind of defense we did ... was something that we can be very proud of," Larranaga said.
That poise gave Miami its first victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium and just its second win over Duke since joining the ACC. The Hurricanes are on their first four-game winning streak since 2008 and have won three consecutive ACC road games for the first time.
Seth Curry scored 22 points and Austin Rivers added 20 for the Blue Devils (19-4, 6-2), who appeared listless before waking up with16 minutes left. Rivers sank one of two free throws with 21.5 seconds left to tie the score at 69 and send it to OT, then Duke missed all six of their free throws.
"A Duke team should play with energy for 40 minutes, or 45," coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "Go outside and look at the banners - there are quite a few of them up there. They were not won without energy, without hunger, with no complacency, with people really wanting it."
Duke had its 45-game home winning streak snapped two weeks ago by No. 21 Florida State.
• No. 9 Michigan St. 64, No. 23 Michigan 54: In East Lansing, Mich., Draymond Green had 14 points and 16 rebounds as the Spartans (18-5, 7-3 Big Ten) ended a three-game skid in the rivalry and moved into sole possession of second place in the conference behind third-ranked Ohio State.
Tim Hardaway Jr. had a season-low four points for Michigan (17-7, 7-4).
Green played despite a sprained left knee.
