Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer is in awe of the freshman Cooper Flagg. Scheyer's sending what might be a warning to the rest of America.
After a trio of home wins, the Blue Devils are back on the road to take on Boston College. In front of a roaring crowd at Conte Pavilion, Duke heads into the halftime locker room leading the Eagles 40-34.
The Duke Blue Devils extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 12 games, surviving Boston College’s early hot shooting and physical play to beat the Eagles behind Cooper Flagg’s 28 points.
The outlier was last weekend’s 86-78 home win against Notre Dame, which featured Flagg scoring an ACC freshman record 42 points. Duke scored the game’s first 14 points and led by 18 in the final four minutes, but frittered away nearly all of that lead as the Fighting Irish got within four late.
"They brought the whole program," Banchero, who alongside Carter and the rest of the Orlando Magic (23-20) suffered a 121-94 loss to Tatum and the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics (29-12), noted about all the familiar Duke basketball faces in attendance. "So, I saw not only Coach Scheyer but strength coaches, training staff, all the players...
The No. 3 Blue Devils and freshman phenom Cooper Flagg of Newport, Maine, took the court against the Eagles as a consensus 23.5-point favorite with an over/under betting line of 138.5.
Flagg had 28 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocked shots to help the No. 3 Blue Devils beat Boston College 88-63 for their 12th win in a row.
As he made shots rain down in Conte Forum, No. 3 Duke men’s basketball stormed to a 88-63 conference victory on the road against Boston College.
Flagg scored a game-high 28 points and settled down after an early injury scare and missing four of his first five shots. Chad Venning led Boston College with 19 points.
No. 3 Duke got off to a slow start Saturday against Boston College but used a monster second-half performance paced by star freshman Cooper Flagg to exit with a 88-63 win. Flagg finished with 28 points,
CHESTNUT HILL — With 6:24 remaining in a game Duke was already assured to win, Cooper Flagg sized up Boston College’s offense unfolding in front of him. As Dion Brown started to drive to the basket, Flagg trailed behind him.
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