DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke had Tre Jones back healthy at the point and freshman Matthew Hurt rolling with a confident stroke. Just the way the second-ranked Blue Devils wanted to dive into the bulk of the Atlantic Coast Conference schedule.

Hurt scored 20 of his season-high 25 points before halftime to help Duke beat Boston College 88-49 on Tuesday night, while Jones had 10 assists in his return from a foot injury that had cost him two games.

Hurt made 10 of 16 shots and was 5 of 10 on 3-pointers to lead the Blue Devils, who shot nearly 52% and hit their last five shots of the first half as they blew the game open shortly before the break. Duke (12-1, 2-0 ACC) also had little trouble clamping down with its defensive pressure.

''They played like they practiced,'' Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said, ''so that's a neat thing if you practice well.''

Jones had missed the past two games with what was described as a mild sprain of his left foot. Krzyzewski had said before the Wofford win on Dec. 19 that the sophomore would've likely played had it been an ACC game.

Well, now that's all that's in front of the Blue Devils: 18 straight league games as part of the ACC's first 20-game conference slate.

CJ Felder scored 13 points for the Eagles (8-6, 2-1), who had won four straight games coming in to Cameron Indoor Stadium. But they never mounted much of a response to Duke's defensive pressure that turned away driving lanes and forced BC to settle for tough looks.

BC shot just 34% and made 3 of 18 3-pointers, including a six-minute stretch in the first half without a basket that helped Duke stretch out its lead.

''We did a really poor job today of keeping the floor spaced and then making plays for other people,'' BC coach Jim Christian said. ''We tried to do way too much finishing plays, and they did a great job recovering and blocking shots or forcing us to miss. ... We needed to move the ball better, the whole game really. So it was real big problem for us the whole night.''