Seth Curry scored a season-high 20 points in his return to Duke’s starting lineup, leading the third-ranked Blue Devils past visiting Boston College 84-68 last night.

Nolan Smith finished with 28 points while Kyle Singler had 14 for the Blue Devils (19-1, 6-1 ACC). The expected duel between the ACC’s top two scorers never materialized. Reggie Jackson, who entered second to Smith in the league scoring race, finished with a season-low seven points — 13 fewer than his average. Corey Raji scored 18 points to lead BC (14-7, 4-3).

LIU 97, FDU 89

Julian Boyd scored 34 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead Long Island (14-5, 6-2 NEC). John Galvin scored 24 points for the Knights (4-14, 2-6).

Rider 61, Iona 59

Justin Robinson scored 19 points to lead visiting Rider (15-7, 7-3 MAAC). Kyle Smith led the Gaels (13-8, 7-3) with 17 points.

Wagner 80, Bryant 75

Latif Rivers scored six of his 16 points in overtime to lead visiting Wagner (10-10, 6-3 NEC).

St. Fran. 62, Monmouth 61

Justin Newton hit a free throw with 1.2 seconds left to lift St. Francis of Brooklyn (9-11, 4-5 NEC) past host Monmouth (6-15, 2-7).

VCU 82, Hofstra 67

Bradford Burgess scored 15 points for host Virginia Commonwealth (17-5, 9-1 Colonial). Chris Jenkins led Hofstra (14-7, 8-2) with 20 points.