Kon Knueppel scored 28 points while the No. 1, the Duke overcome injuries to showcase Cooper Flagg and Maliq Brown to beat Georgia Tech Thursday 78-70, and qualify for the semi-finals of the ACC tournament.
Isaiah Evans scored 14 points out of four 3 points and Khaman Maluach added 14 points and nine rebounds for Blue Devils (29-3), who won nine games in a row.
Flagg seemed to land awkwardly on the foot of Baye Ndongo while he was going down with a rebound at the end of the first half. The ACC player of the year withdrew on the Duke bench and hit a frustration seat. After being helped in the locker room, Flagg returned to the Duke bench in the second period without a boot on his foot. He did not go back to the game.
Brown fell with a shoulder injury in the first half.
Duncan Powell led Georgia Tech (17-16) with 24 points.
Duke missed his first 13 shots beyond the arc and has lagged behind 26-12, corresponding to the greatest deficit of the season. They dragged 26-17 when Flagg left the match, but reduced the advance to five time. Duke pushed his advance at the start of the second half when Tyrese Proctor stole a pass and delivered a dunk to a high -flying hand in transition.
Take -out
Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets Banc was outclassed 21-6.
Duke: The Blue Devils have shown that they had a Flagg and Brown firepower on the ground. After missing his first 13 3 3, Duke went 7 out of 17 the rest of the path.
Key
KNUEPPEL led, scored and pulled a fault for a 3 -point game with about five minutes in the match to put DUKE at 11.
Key statistics
Georgia Tech was dominated 28-12 to start the second half.
The next
Georgia Tech can hope for a nit offer. Friday, Duke will face the winner of the North Carolina / Wake Forest.
Report by the Associated Press.
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