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No. 2 Duke rolls past Florida State 100-65 following Flagg's injury scare

AP
Mar 01, 2025

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Isaiah Evans scored 19 points and No. 2 Duke overcame freshman star Cooper Flagg's injury scare to rout Florida State 100-65 on Saturday night.

Flagg sat out more than 11 minutes to end the first half, twice leaving the gym to be evaluated after he was struck in the face on a hard foul. Flagg was on the court for the first 12 minutes of the second half, when he racked up 12 of his 16 points.

Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach both had 14 points to help Duke (26-3, 17-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) maintain a one-game lead over Clemson in the league standings.

Jamir Watkins had 21 points and Jerry Deng added 12 points for Florida State (16-13, 7-11). The Seminoles have lost three straight and four of five.

Duke led 14-11 when Flagg departed. The Blue Devils built a 47-30 halftime lead.

Florida State: The Seminoles have given up more than 90 points twice this season, with both coming in a six-day span after they were drilled by North Carolina on Monday.

Duke: The Blue Devils were without starting guard Tyrese Proctor, who sustained a knee injury Tuesday night at Miami. With Flagg out, they still had enough firepower to extend their lead and remain unbeaten at home this season, aided by a season-high 21 offensive rebounds.

Nearly four minutes into the second half, Flagg blocked a shot, resulting in a fast break and Knueppel’s three-point play for a 62-35 lead.

Duke had 12 assists on 16 first-half baskets without committing a turnover despite unusual lineup combinations.

Duke plays its home finale Monday night against Wake Forest. Florida State is at Virginia on Tuesday night.

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1st Half
FSU
Seminoles
30
DUKE
Blue Devils
47

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Alier Maluk vs. Khaman Maluach (Cooper Flagg gains possession)
19:44		Isaiah Evans misses three point jump shot
19:42		Chandler Jackson defensive rebound
19:34		Chandler Jackson misses two point jump shot
19:32		Cooper Flagg defensive rebound
19:24	+2	Khaman Maluach makes two point layup (Sion James assists)	0-2
18:51		Daquan Davis turnover (bad pass)
18:35	+2	Kon Knueppel makes two point layup	0-4
18:35		Alier Maluk shooting foul (Kon Knueppel draws the foul)
18:35	+1	Kon Knueppel makes regular free throw 1 of 1	0-5
18:29		Jamir Watkins misses two point layup
18:27		Cooper Flagg defensive rebound
18:14		Daquan Davis blocks Kon Knueppel's three point jump shot
18:12		Taylor Bol Bowen defensive rebound
18:07	+2	Jamir Watkins makes two point dunk (Taylor Bol Bowen assists)	2-5
18:06	+2	Cooper Flagg makes two point layup	2-7
17:50		Sion James blocks Taylor Bol Bowen's two point jump shot
17:50		Seminoles offensive rebound
17:44		Jamir Watkins turnover (out of bounds)
17:28		Cooper Flagg misses two point jump shot
17:26		Taylor Bol Bowen defensive rebound
17:26		Khaman Maluach personal foul
17:07		Khaman Maluach blocks Alier Maluk's two point jump shot
17:05		Khaman Maluach defensive rebound
16:54		Isaiah Evans misses three point jump shot
16:52		Jamir Watkins defensive rebound
16:45	+2	Jamir Watkins makes two point dunk	4-7
16:29	+2	Khaman Maluach makes two point dunk (Cooper Flagg assists)	4-9
16:11		Taylor Bol Bowen misses three point jump shot
16:09		Isaiah Evans defensive rebound
16:00		Cooper Flagg misses two point layup
16:00		Chandler Jackson defensive rebound
16:00		TV timeout
15:41		Alier Maluk offensive foul
15:41		Alier Maluk turnover (offensive foul)
15:34	+3	Kon Knueppel makes three point jump shot (Cooper Flagg assists)	4-12
15:02		Chandler Jackson misses two point jump shot
15:00		Taylor Bol Bowen offensive rebound
14:56		Taylor Bol Bowen misses two point jump shot
14:54		Cooper Flagg defensive rebound
14:46	+2	Cooper Flagg makes two point layup (Sion James assists)	4-14
14:18		Patrick Ngongba II personal foul
14:14		Jamir Watkins misses two point jump shot
14:12		Christian Nitu offensive rebound
14:07	+2	Christian Nitu makes two point dunk	6-14
13:54		Caleb Foster misses three point jump shot
13:52		Blue Devils offensive rebound
13:49		Kon Knueppel misses three point jump shot
13:47		Patrick Ngongba II offensive rebound
13:37		Cooper Flagg misses two point jump shot
13:35		Christian Nitu defensive rebound
13:19	+3	Jerry Deng makes three point jump shot (Jamir Watkins assists)	9-14
13:09		Caleb Foster misses two point layup
13:07		Jerry Deng defensive rebound
12:48		Caleb Foster personal foul (Jamir Watkins draws the foul)
12:30		Jamir Watkins misses three point jump shot
12:28		Sion James defensive rebound
12:11		Kon Knueppel misses two point jump shot
12:09		Christian Nitu defensive rebound
11:52		AJ Swinton misses two point layup
11:50		Patrick Ngongba II defensive rebound
11:40		Justin Thomas blocks Caleb Foster's two point layup
11:38		Jamir Watkins defensive rebound
11:34		Sion James shooting foul (Jamir Watkins draws the foul)
11:34		TV timeout
11:34	+1	Jamir Watkins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-14
11:34	+1	Jamir Watkins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-14
11:27		Jerry Deng personal foul (Cooper Flagg draws the foul)
11:25		Isaiah Evans misses three point jump shot
11:23		Khaman Maluach offensive rebound
11:12		Khaman Maluach misses two point layup
11:10		Khaman Maluach offensive rebound
11:03		Mason Gillis misses three point jump shot
11:01		Kon Knueppel offensive rebound
10:59		Bostyn Holt shooting foul (Mason Gillis draws the foul)
10:59	+1	Mason Gillis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-15
10:59	+1	Mason Gillis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-16
10:44	+3	Taylor Bol Bowen makes three point jump shot (Justin Thomas assists)	14-16
10:22	+3	Mason Gillis makes three point jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)	14-19
10:01		Jerry Deng misses three point jump shot
9:59		Sion James defensive rebound
9:51	+2	Kon Knueppel makes two point layup (Sion James assists)	14-21
9:51		Justin Thomas shooting foul (Kon Knueppel draws the foul)
9:51	+1	Kon Knueppel makes regular free throw 1 of 1	14-22
9:29		Sion James personal foul (Jerry Deng draws the foul)
9:21		Justin Thomas misses three point jump shot
9:19		Seminoles offensive rebound
9:17		Bostyn Holt turnover (bad pass)
9:17		Daquan Davis personal foul
9:08		Kon Knueppel misses two point layup
9:06		Daquan Davis defensive rebound
8:48		Isaiah Evans personal foul
8:42		Jamir Watkins misses two point jump shot
8:40		Kon Knueppel defensive rebound
8:22	+2	Darren Harris makes two point layup (Mason Gillis assists)	14-24
8:22		Christian Nitu shooting foul (Darren Harris draws the foul)
8:22		Darren Harris misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:22		Mason Gillis offensive rebound
8:17		Isaiah Evans misses three point jump shot
8:15		Jamir Watkins defensive rebound
8:10		Jamir Watkins turnover (bad pass) (Patrick Ngongba II steals)
8:03		Isaiah Evans misses three point jump shot
8:01		Mason Gillis offensive rebound
7:57		Darren Harris misses three point jump shot
7:55		Kon Knueppel offensive rebound
7:53	+3	Isaiah Evans makes three point jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)	14-27
7:52		Seminoles 30 second timeout
7:52		TV timeout
7:39		Patrick Ngongba II blocks Daquan Davis's two point jump shot
7:37		Mason Gillis defensive rebound
7:30	+3	Mason Gillis makes three point jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)	14-30
7:18	+2	Chandler Jackson makes two point jump shot	16-30
6:48	+2	Patrick Ngongba II makes two point layup (Isaiah Evans assists)	16-32
6:28		Jamir Watkins misses three point jump shot
6:26		Blue Devils defensive rebound
6:21	+2	Isaiah Evans makes two point layup (Kon Knueppel assists)	16-34
5:58	+2	Daquan Davis makes two point jump shot	18-34
5:43		Mason Gillis misses three point jump shot
5:41		Taylor Bol Bowen defensive rebound
5:33		Daquan Davis turnover (lost ball) (Isaiah Evans steals)
5:32		Daquan Davis flagrant 1 (Isaiah Evans draws the foul)
5:32	+1	Isaiah Evans makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	18-35
5:32		Isaiah Evans misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
5:15		Isaiah Evans misses three point jump shot
5:13		Blue Devils offensive rebound
5:01		Isaiah Evans misses two point layup
4:59		Jamir Watkins defensive rebound
4:48	+3	Jerry Deng makes three point jump shot	21-35
4:46		Blue Devils 30 second timeout
4:20		Justin Thomas shooting foul (Mason Gillis draws the foul)
4:20		Mason Gillis misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:20	+1	Mason Gillis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-36
4:05	+2	Chandler Jackson makes two point jump shot	23-36
3:47	+3	Isaiah Evans makes three point jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)	23-39
3:29		Jamir Watkins misses three point jump shot
3:27		Isaiah Evans defensive rebound
3:20	+2	Sion James makes two point layup	23-41
3:02		TV timeout
2:44		Chandler Jackson misses two point jump shot
2:42		Sion James defensive rebound
2:36	+2	Sion James makes two point layup	23-43
2:25		AJ Swinton misses two point jump shot
2:23		AJ Swinton offensive rebound
2:20		Khaman Maluach blocks AJ Swinton's two point jump shot
2:18		Seminoles offensive rebound
2:12		Jamir Watkins misses two point jump shot
2:10		Mason Gillis defensive rebound
2:04		Isaiah Evans misses two point layup
2:02		Khaman Maluach offensive rebound
2:00		Mason Gillis misses three point jump shot
1:58		Khaman Maluach offensive rebound
1:57		Taylor Bol Bowen shooting foul (Khaman Maluach draws the foul)
1:57	+1	Khaman Maluach makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-44
1:57	+1	Khaman Maluach makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-45
1:37	+2	Jerry Deng makes two point jump shot	25-45
1:19		Sion James misses two point layup
1:17		Jamir Watkins defensive rebound
1:12	+3	AJ Swinton makes three point jump shot (Bostyn Holt assists)	28-45
0:46		Isaiah Evans misses three point jump shot
0:44		Kon Knueppel offensive rebound
0:40		Bostyn Holt shooting foul (Khaman Maluach draws the foul)
0:40	+1	Khaman Maluach makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-46
0:40	+1	Khaman Maluach makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-47
0:21	+2	AJ Swinton makes two point jump shot (Jamir Watkins assists)	30-47
0:02		Kon Knueppel misses two point layup
0:00		Bostyn Holt defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
FSU
Seminoles
35
DUKE
Blue Devils
53

Time		Play	Score
19:46		Isaiah Evans personal foul (Jamir Watkins draws the foul)
19:28		Kon Knueppel shooting foul (Daquan Davis draws the foul)
19:28	+1	Daquan Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-47
19:28	+1	Daquan Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-47
19:21		Sion James offensive foul (Daquan Davis draws the foul)
19:21		Sion James turnover (offensive foul)
19:03	+3	Taylor Bol Bowen makes three point jump shot (Chandler Jackson assists)	35-47
18:36		Sion James misses two point layup
18:34		Sion James offensive rebound
18:31	+3	Isaiah Evans makes three point jump shot	35-50
18:25		Cooper Flagg personal foul (Chandler Jackson draws the foul)
18:17		Jamir Watkins misses two point jump shot
18:15		Sion James defensive rebound
18:09		Isaiah Evans misses three point jump shot
18:07		Blue Devils offensive rebound
17:59	+2	Sion James makes two point driving layup	35-52
17:59		Taylor Bol Bowen shooting foul (Sion James draws the foul)
17:59	+1	Sion James makes regular free throw 1 of 1	35-53
17:40		Chandler Jackson misses three point jump shot
17:38		Khaman Maluach defensive rebound
17:24		Chandler Jackson personal foul (Cooper Flagg draws the foul)
17:18	+2	Cooper Flagg makes two point jump shot (Sion James assists)	35-55
17:11		Alier Maluk offensive foul (Sion James draws the foul)
17:11		Alier Maluk turnover (offensive foul)
16:59		Taylor Bol Bowen shooting foul (Kon Knueppel draws the foul)
16:59	+1	Kon Knueppel makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-56
16:59	+1	Kon Knueppel makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-57
16:41		Jamir Watkins misses three point jump shot
16:39		Sion James defensive rebound
16:30		Isaiah Evans misses three point jump shot
16:28		Daquan Davis defensive rebound
16:17		Chandler Jackson misses two point layup
16:15		Cooper Flagg defensive rebound
16:10	+2	Khaman Maluach makes two point alley-oop dunk (Cooper Flagg assists)	35-59
16:01		Cooper Flagg blocks Christian Nitu's two point layup
15:59		Kon Knueppel defensive rebound
15:57	+2	Kon Knueppel makes two point layup	35-61
15:57		Jerry Deng shooting foul (Kon Knueppel draws the foul)
15:57		TV timeout
15:57	+1	Kon Knueppel makes regular free throw 1 of 1	35-62
15:39	+2	Jamir Watkins makes two point turnaround jump shot	37-62
15:23		Sion James offensive foul (Jamir Watkins draws the foul)
15:23		Sion James turnover (offensive foul)
15:00		Christian Nitu misses three point jump shot
14:58		Darren Harris defensive rebound
14:33		Jerry Deng shooting foul (Cooper Flagg draws the foul)
14:33	+1	Cooper Flagg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-63
14:33	+1	Cooper Flagg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-64
14:22	+2	Jamir Watkins makes two point floating jump shot	39-64
14:20		Bostyn Holt personal foul (Caleb Foster draws the foul)
14:20	+1	Caleb Foster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-65
14:20	+1	Caleb Foster makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-66
14:11		Patrick Ngongba II personal foul (Bostyn Holt draws the foul)
14:01		Mason Gillis personal foul (Jerry Deng draws the foul)
14:01	+1	Jerry Deng makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-66
14:01		Jerry Deng misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:01		Mason Gillis defensive rebound
13:50	+2	Cooper Flagg makes two point driving reverse layup	40-68
13:32		Cooper Flagg personal foul (Jamir Watkins draws the foul)
13:32	+1	Jamir Watkins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-68
13:32	+1	Jamir Watkins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-68
13:22		Mason Gillis misses three point jump shot
13:20		Jamir Watkins defensive rebound
13:10	+3	Jerry Deng makes three point jump shot (Jamir Watkins assists)	45-68
12:47		Jamir Watkins shooting foul (Cooper Flagg draws the foul)
12:47	+1	Cooper Flagg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-69
12:47	+1	Cooper Flagg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-70
12:29	+2	Bostyn Holt makes two point driving floating bank jump shot	47-70
12:00	+2	Darren Harris makes two point driving layup	47-72
11:47		Jamir Watkins turnover (bad pass)
11:47		TV timeout
11:33		Alier Maluk personal foul (Patrick Ngongba II draws the foul)
11:33		Patrick Ngongba II misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:33		Cooper Flagg offensive rebound
11:31		Taylor Bol Bowen shooting foul (Cooper Flagg draws the foul)
11:31	+1	Cooper Flagg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-73
11:31	+1	Cooper Flagg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-74
11:04		Kon Knueppel personal foul (Bostyn Holt draws the foul)
11:04	+1	Bostyn Holt makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-74
11:04	+1	Bostyn Holt makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-74
10:49		Darren Harris misses three point jump shot
10:47		Darren Harris offensive rebound
10:45		Justin Thomas blocks Darren Harris's two point layup
10:43		Seminoles defensive rebound
10:29		Taylor Bol Bowen turnover (bad pass) (Cooper Flagg steals)
10:22		Cooper Flagg misses two point layup
10:20		Caleb Foster offensive rebound
10:19		Caleb Foster misses two point tip layup
10:17		Patrick Ngongba II offensive rebound
10:15		Darren Harris misses three point jump shot
10:13		Cooper Flagg offensive rebound
10:02		Kon Knueppel misses three point jump shot
10:00		Jamir Watkins defensive rebound
9:46		Jerry Deng misses two point jump shot
9:44		Khaman Maluach defensive rebound
9:29	+2	Isaiah Evans makes two point driving layup	49-76
9:18		Kon Knueppel blocks AJ Swinton's two point jump shot
9:16		Khaman Maluach defensive rebound
9:06		Bostyn Holt personal foul (Khaman Maluach draws the foul)
9:06	+1	Khaman Maluach makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-77
9:06	+1	Khaman Maluach makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-78
8:57	+2	Daquan Davis makes two point floating jump shot	51-78
8:34	+3	Isaiah Evans makes three point jump shot (Cooper Flagg assists)	51-81
8:22		Jamir Watkins turnover (bad pass) (Cooper Flagg steals)
8:17	+2	Cooper Flagg makes two point layup	51-83
8:08		Caleb Foster shooting foul (Daquan Davis draws the foul)
8:08	+1	Daquan Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-83
8:08	+1	Daquan Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-83
7:55	+2	Khaman Maluach makes two point alley-oop dunk (Caleb Foster assists)	53-85
7:41		Kon Knueppel shooting foul (AJ Swinton draws the foul)
7:41		TV timeout
7:41	+1	AJ Swinton makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-85
7:41	+1	AJ Swinton makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-85
7:21		Khaman Maluach offensive foul (Taylor Bol Bowen draws the foul)
7:21		Khaman Maluach turnover (offensive foul)
7:01		Jamir Watkins misses two point jump shot
6:59		Khaman Maluach defensive rebound
6:48	+2	Caleb Foster makes two point pullup jump shot	55-87
6:29		Daquan Davis misses three point jump shot
6:27		Khaman Maluach defensive rebound
6:17		AJ Swinton shooting foul (Isaiah Evans draws the foul)
6:17		Seminoles 30 second timeout
6:17		TV timeout
6:17	+1	Isaiah Evans makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-88
6:17	+1	Isaiah Evans makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-89
5:54	+2	Jamir Watkins makes two point pullup jump shot	57-89
5:29		Daquan Davis personal foul (Cameron Sheffield draws the foul)
5:29	+1	Cameron Sheffield makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-90
5:29		Cameron Sheffield misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:29		Alier Maluk defensive rebound
5:16	+3	Jamir Watkins makes three point jump shot	60-90
4:53		Caleb Foster turnover (bad pass)
4:34	+2	Jamir Watkins makes two point floating jump shot	62-90
4:17		Caleb Foster misses two point layup
4:15		Caleb Foster offensive rebound
4:13		Caleb Foster misses two point tip layup
4:11		Jamir Watkins defensive rebound
4:08		Jerry Deng misses three point jump shot
4:06		AJ Swinton offensive rebound
3:59	+2	Jamir Watkins makes two point driving layup (Chandler Jackson assists)	64-90
3:59		Patrick Ngongba II shooting foul (Jamir Watkins draws the foul)
3:59		TV timeout
3:59		Jamir Watkins misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:59		Cameron Sheffield defensive rebound
3:47	+2	Patrick Ngongba II makes two point jump shot (Darren Harris assists)	64-92
3:29		Chandler Jackson turnover (bad pass)
3:25		Blue Devils 30 second timeout
3:03		Bostyn Holt shooting foul (Cameron Sheffield draws the foul)
3:03		Cameron Sheffield misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:03	+1	Cameron Sheffield makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-93
2:50		Anastasios Rozakeas misses three point jump shot
2:48		Darren Harris defensive rebound
2:34		Neal Begovich misses three point jump shot
2:34		Cameron Sheffield offensive rebound
2:21		Spencer Hubbard misses two point jump shot
2:19		Christian Nitu defensive rebound
2:17		Alier Maluk turnover (lost ball) (Neal Begovich steals)
1:51		Cameron Sheffield misses three point jump shot
1:49		Seminoles defensive rebound
1:29		Jason Simpson turnover (bad pass) (Darren Harris steals)
1:20	+2	Darren Harris makes two point layup	64-95
1:12		Jesse Jones turnover (lost ball) (Spencer Hubbard steals)
1:10	+2	Spencer Hubbard makes two point layup	64-97
0:50		Jason Simpson misses two point layup
0:48		Anastasios Rozakeas offensive rebound
0:38		Cameron Sheffield personal foul (Jason Simpson draws the foul)
0:38		Jason Simpson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:38	+1	Jason Simpson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-97
0:24	+3	Spencer Hubbard makes three point jump shot	65-100
0:16		Jesse Jones misses three point jump shot
0:14		Anastasios Rozakeas offensive rebound
0:08		Jason Simpson misses three point jump shot
0:06		Darren Harris defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Darren Harris defensive rebound