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DURHAM (AP) — A sign of just how dominant Duke's defense has been this season: The latest opponent was relieved to simply escape Cameron Indoor Stadium without setting any records for futility.

The top-ranked Blue Devils routed Miami (Ohio) 79-45 on Tuesday night behind 17 points from Seth Curry and a defense that held the RedHawks to 33 percent field-goal shooting.

"When you're getting beat pretty thoroughly, first thing is, you realize, 'OK, they're beating us,' " Miami coach Charlie Coles said. "And the second thought you have is, 'OK, they're beating us pretty good.' And the third thought you have is, 'Uh-oh, are we going to set any records tonight?' "

The RedHawks cobbled together just enough offense late to avoid the mark for fewest points scored against a Mike Krzyzewski-coached Duke team. Two of his opponents — UNCG in 1997 and Winthrop in 2002 — managed only 37.

Kyrie Irving added 13 points and Mason Plumlee had 10 points and a career-high 14 rebounds for the Blue Devils (2-0), who shot 43 percent from the field, hit 40 percent of their 3-point attempts, held a 48-27 rebounding advantage and used two overwhelming runs in the first half to effectively end it by halftime.

Curry, the younger brother of Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry who sat out last season after transferring from Liberty, was 3-of-4 from 3-point range in his second game in a Duke uniform.

"The past year, it felt like it was a long time, so it was fun to get back out there," Curry said. "I felt a lot more comfortable today because it was the second game back, and I just went out there and was aggressive and knocked down some shots."

His production more than made up for an off night from preseason All-American Kyle Singler, who finished with eight points on 3-of-11 shooting and was held to single-digit scoring for the second time in 27 games.

"It just shows the balance of our team," Singler said. "We have a lot of weapons."

Krzyzewski moved three wins shy of 800 at Duke and Nolan Smith added 10 points for the Blue Devils, who were barely tested in winning their 12th consecutive game dating to last season's run through the ACC and NCAA tournaments.

But after two wins by an average of 30.5 points, things are about to get much tougher for the 2010 NCAA champions: The coming weeks feature matchups against either No. 11 Gonzaga or No. 3 Kansas State in the next stage of the CBE Classic, a visit from No. 2 Michigan State and a neutral-site meeting with No. 16 Butler, last season's NCAA runner-up.

MIAMI (OHIO) (1-1)
Rollins 1-6 0-0 2, Roberts 0-4 0-0 0, Mavunga 2-9 1-3 5, Williams 2-9 1-2 6, Winbush 6-12 0-1 14, Sewell 2-4 0-0 6, Mock 0-0 0-0 0, McHenry 2-5 0-0 4, Harris 1-3 1-2 4, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, McGhee 2-2 0-0 4, Legarza 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-54 3-8 45.

DUKE (2-0)
Irving 3-4 6-7 13, Smith 4-7 1-2 10, Ma. Plumlee 4-8 2-6 10, Singler 3-11 2-2 8, Kelly 3-5 0-0 7, Thornton 0-0 0-0 0, Hairston 1-5 0-0 2, Dawkins 2-6 3-4 9, Mi. Plumlee 1-4 1-4 3, Curry 4-7 6-6 17, Zafirovski 0-1 0-0 0, Peters 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-58 21-31 79.

Miami (Ohio) 17 28 — 45
Duke 38 41 — 79

Percentages—Miami (FG .333, FT .375), Duke (FG .431, FT .677).

3-point goals—Miami 6-25 (Sewell 2-2, Winbush 2-5, Harris 1-2, Williams 1-3, Rollins 0-2, McHenry 0-3, Roberts 0-3, Mavunga 0-5), Duke 8-20 (Curry 3-4, Dawkins 2-5, Irving 1-2, Smith 1-2, Kelly 1-2, Ma. Plumlee 0-1, Singler 0-4).

Fouled out—Williams.

Rebounds—Miami 27 (Winbush 6), Duke 48 (Ma. Plumlee 14).

Team rebounds—Miami 0, Duke 5.

Assists—Miami 7 (Rollins 3), Duke 15 (Smith 7).

Blocks—Miami 2 (Mavunga 2), Duke 3 (Smith, Ma. Plumlee, Kelly)

Turnovers—Miami 15 (Roberts 4), Duke 9 (Singler 2, Ma. Plumlee 2)

Steals—Miami 7 (Winbush 3), Duke 10 (Curry 2, Smith 2, Singler 2).

Total fouls—Miami 22, Duke 14.

A—9,314.

Officials—Ray Natili, Sean Hull, William Humes.