Cooper Flagg scores 16 points as Duke defeats Miami for its 25th victory.

Cooper Flagg contributes six assists and five rebounds as the Blue Devils win 97-60.

Coral Gables, Florida — Kon Knueppel scored 20 points, Cooper Flagg of Newport, Maine, and Isaiah Evans each added 16, and No. 2 Duke defeated Miami 97-60 on Tuesday night.

Flagg, the expected No. 1 selection in the NBA draft, had six assists and five rebounds for the Blue Devils (25-3, 16-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).

Duke led by 15 at halftime, and Knueppel scored eight points during the Blue Devils’ 16-2 run early in the second half, extending the advantage to 65-36.

Lynn Kidd scored 17 points and Jalil Bethea added 13 for Miami (6-22, 2-15), which played without guard Matthew Cleveland. Miami has lost four games by 35 or more points this season, after four defeats from 1987 to 2024.

TAKEAWAYS

Duke: The Blue Devils have won five consecutive, with an average margin of 31 points. This was the Blue Devils’ 13th win of 25 points or more this season.

Miami’s 22 defeats are two short of the school’s single-season record, with three conference games left. Miami finished 8-24 in 1991-92.

KEY MOMENT

Evans hit three consecutive 3-pointers in 1:40 of the first half, the first two immediately countering Bethea’s 3-pointer on the opposite end. Evans’ third one gave Duke a 29-14 advantage.

KEY STAT.

The victory brought coach Jon Scheyer’s record at Duke to 79-21, the greatest through 100 games in school history. Vic Bubas was 76-24 in his first 100 games at Duke, while Mike Krzyzewski had a 52-48 record.