Cooper Flagg slips in the important thing second whereas Clemson Shocks No. 2 Duke 77-71

Viktor Lakhin scored 22 factors, Clemson held the candidate of the participant of the Year Cooper Flag below management for many of the sport and the tigers defeated n. 2 Duke 77-71 Saturday night to take the successful sequence of the 16 Blue Devils matches.

Flag’s slipping turned out to be costly with 14 remaining seconds, leading to an enormous turnover with the Blue Devils that comply with two.

According to Fox Sports Research, this was the best victory for Clement because the tigers beat the number one of the UN in 2001. Before Saturday, Clemson had misplaced 16 consecutive video games towards the opponents categorized within the high two of the AP. It was additionally the fifth consecutive victory of the tigers towards an AP Top-Five opponent, the longest lively sequence within the nation.

Chase Hunter scored 14 factors and Ian Senffelin added 12 factors and 10 rebounds for Clemson (19-5, 11-2 Acc). The tigers concluded the chances of the Blue Devils of an everyday season unbeaten within the convention of the Atlantic coast and denied Blue Devils (20-3, 12-1) the chance to take the rating on the high for the primary time within the nation Jon Scheyer was.

The n. 1 Auburn misplaced 90-81 at n. 6 Florida originally of the day, opening the door to Duke to get the primary place with a victory.

Tyrese Proctor had 23 factors and Flagg had 18 factors in 6 out of 17 capturing for Duke (20-3, 12-1).

Clemson adopted six in half time, however used a 12-0 race within the second half to take a bonus of 56-49 with slightly below 10 minutes from the top.

Hunter sealed the victory by blocking the proctor layup with 7.9 seconds left.

Takeaways

Duke: The depth of Blue Devils was influenced with Mason Gillis who was lacking his second consecutive sport with a illness. Flagg had solely 4 factors within the first 34 minutes of play.

Clemson: The tigers confirmed plenty of grit that bounced from a triple lack of extraordinary 89-86 to Georgia Tech on Tuesday night. Clemson additionally beat then-no. 4 Kentucky at house in December.

Key stat

Clemson received regardless of solely making 13 free pictures.

Subsequently

Duke hosts California on Wednesday night. On Monday night Clemson hosts North Carolina.

Reporting by the Associated Press.

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