Durham, NC-Cooper Flagg managed 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists during his beginnings to the rivalry of Duke-North Carolina, helping the Blue Devils of second row exceeded in front of the Tar Heels 87-70 on Saturday evening.
The first-year recruit Kon Knueppel scored 22 points for Duke (19-2, 11-0 from the Atlantic Coast Conference), which pulled 52.8% in total and did 10 out of 20 to 3 points to win His 15th consecutive match.
RJ Davis and Drake Powell each scored 12 points to lead the Tar Heels (13-10, 6-5), which fell behind 40-13 and dragged 32 points.
UNC: The Tar Heels lost four of the five, with the only prolongation victory against a Boston College team which won only one championship victory at the time.
Duke: The Blue Devils won their 11 championship games on average 19.8 points, although there were grins last week to beat Wake Forest and NC State.
The Blue Devils fogled the Tar Heels with a 16-0 race which indeed ended it early.
Tyrese Proctor brought Duke with a 3 -point pointer set up by Flagg via a double team and then threw a dunk after a turnover. A few moments later, Flagg buried a wrestling of the summit to force the UNC in a waiting period. It came out of the stop by finishing a Proctor rebound flow for a transitional basket and a fault.
As Knuppel scored on the track on Ian Jackson, the Blue Devils led 23-6.
North Carolina has experienced more (new) reversals than goals on the ground in first half after having only fired 8 for 27 (29.6%). Duke collected 11 points on these reversals.
The Blue Devils visit Syracuse Wednesday evening, while the Tar Heels welcome Pittsburgh on Saturday in a match that could help stimulate their curriculum vitae of the NCAA tournament.
