Flagg marks 27, Duke n ° 3 beats cal 78-57 to stretch in victory at home at 14

By Bob Sutton
The Associated Press

Durham, NC – Cooper Flagg scored 27 points and No. 3 Duke extended his home victories sequence at 14 games with a 78-57 victory against CAL on Wednesday evening.

Tyrese Proctor scored 18 points and Khaman Maluach added 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils (21-3, 13-1 Conference of the Atlantic Coast), which rebounded on Saturday’s defeat against Clemson which broke a sequence of 16 consecutive victories.

Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 21 points, Rytis Petraitis added 11 points and Andrej Stojakovic 10 points for the Golden Bears (12-13, 5-9).

Flagg fired 8 for 14 on the field and was perfect on nine free throws for Duke, who led 19-9 under 9 and a half in the match. Flagg scored 13 points in the first half, helping the Blue Devils in an advance of 38-23 at the break.

Take -out

California: The Golden Bears have lost four of their last five games. They were in danger of a total of seasonal points until scoring 15 points in more than five minutes at the end of the match.

Duke: The Blue Devils of the ACC have had fun again while extending their undefeated sequence. Flagg converted an inverted dunk of escaping halfway through the second half, striking a rare smile on the field thereafter.

Key

The consecutive possessions with 3 points of 7 feet 2 inches Maluach and Flagg pushed Duke to an advance of 28-15. The margin has never dropped the rest of the path to a figure. It was just the second 3 -point basket in Maluach and Beyond Arc’s eighth attempt this season.

Key statistics

California pulled 35.1% on the field, below the 38.5% ACC-LOW that Duke allowed opponents to enter the match.

The next

The two teams play on Saturday. Duke is at home against Stanford, and Cal is in Georgia Tech.

Originally published: February 12, 2025 at 8:39 pm PST