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Lakhin scores 22, Clemson defeats No. 2 Duke 77-71 to snap Blue Devils' 16-game winning streak

AP
Feb 08, 2025

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Viktor Lakhin scored 22 points, Clemson held player of the year candidate Cooper Flagg in check for most of the game and the Tigers defeated No. 2 Duke 77-71 on Saturday night to snap the Blue Devils’ 16-game winning streak.

Chase Hunter scored 14 points and Ian Schieffelin added 12 points and 10 rebounds for Clemson (19-5, 11-2 ACC). The Tigers ended the Blue Devils’ chances of an unbeaten regular season in the Atlantic Coast Conference and denied the Blue Devils (20-3, 12-1) an opportunity to take over the top ranking in the country for the first time in the coach Jon Scheyer era.

No. 1 Auburn lost 90-81 to No. 6 Florida earlier in the day, opening the door for Duke to claim the top spot with a win.

Tyrese Proctor had 23 points and Flagg had 18 points on 6-of-17 shooting for Duke (20-3, 12-1).

Clemson trailed by six at halftime, but used a 12-0 run in the second half to take a 56-49 lead with just under 10 minutes to go.

Hunter sealed the win by blocking Proctor's layup with 7.9 seconds left.

Duke: The Blue Devils depth was impacted with Mason Gillis missing his second straight game with an illness. Flagg had just four points in the first 34 minutes of the game.

Clemson: The Tigers showed plenty of grit bouncing back from an 89-86 triple overtime loss to Georgia Tech on Tuesday night. Clemson also beat then-No. 4 Kentucky at home in December.

Flagg's slip proved costly with 14 seconds, resulting in a huge turnover with the Blue Devils trailing by two.

Clemson won despite making just 13 of 22 free throws.

Duke hosts California on Wednesday night. Clemson hosts North Carolina on Monday night.

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1st Half
DUKE
Blue Devils
41
CLEM
Tigers
35

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Khaman Maluach vs. Viktor Lakhin (Tigers gains possession)
19:50		Chase Hunter turnover (lost ball) (Tyrese Proctor steals)
19:33	+3	Tyrese Proctor makes three point jump shot (Sion James assists)	3-0
19:19		Chase Hunter turnover (lost ball) (Cooper Flagg steals)
19:12	+2	Sion James makes two point layup	5-0
19:12		Dillon Hunter shooting foul (Sion James draws the foul)
19:12	+1	Sion James makes regular free throw 1 of 1	6-0
18:58		Tyrese Proctor personal foul (Viktor Lakhin draws the foul)
18:53	+2	Dillon Hunter makes two point jump shot	6-2
18:27		Tyrese Proctor misses two point jump shot
18:25		Jaeden Zackery defensive rebound
18:24		Kon Knueppel personal foul
18:05	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup (Ian Schieffelin assists)	6-4
17:45	+3	Kon Knueppel makes three point jump shot (Tyrese Proctor assists)	9-4
17:12		Sion James personal foul
16:58	+2	Jaeden Zackery makes two point jump shot (Chauncey Wiggins assists)	9-6
16:29	+3	Kon Knueppel makes three point jump shot	12-6
16:14	+2	Ian Schieffelin makes two point layup (Viktor Lakhin assists)	12-8
15:55		Khaman Maluach offensive foul
15:55		Khaman Maluach turnover (offensive foul)
15:55		TV timeout
15:34	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point jump shot	12-10
15:16		Chauncey Wiggins personal foul
15:02		Kon Knueppel misses two point layup
15:00		Ian Schieffelin defensive rebound
14:57		Ian Schieffelin turnover (lost ball) (Kon Knueppel steals)
14:49	+2	Maliq Brown makes two point layup (Kon Knueppel assists)	14-10
14:28	+2	Chase Hunter makes two point jump shot	14-12
14:28		Cooper Flagg shooting foul (Chase Hunter draws the foul)
14:28		Chase Hunter misses regular free throw 1 of 1
14:28		Sion James defensive rebound
14:11		Kon Knueppel turnover (bad pass) (Myles Foster steals)
14:04		Jump ball. (Blue Devils gains possession)
14:04		Chase Hunter turnover (lost ball) (Maliq Brown steals)
13:47	+2	Kon Knueppel makes two point layup	16-12
13:37		Myles Foster misses three point jump shot
13:35		Kon Knueppel defensive rebound
13:29		Tyrese Proctor misses three point jump shot
13:27		Tigers defensive rebound
13:07		Chase Hunter misses two point jump shot
13:05		Maliq Brown defensive rebound
12:53	+2	Cooper Flagg makes two point layup	18-12
12:42		Jaeden Zackery misses two point layup
12:40		Tyrese Proctor defensive rebound
12:36	+2	Tyrese Proctor makes two point layup	20-12
12:13	+2	Ian Schieffelin makes two point hook shot (Jaeden Zackery assists)	20-14
11:46		Maliq Brown turnover (lost ball) (Jake Heidbreder steals)
11:32		Myles Foster turnover (lost ball) (Tyrese Proctor steals)
11:24	+2	Tyrese Proctor makes two point layup	22-14
11:24		Myles Foster shooting foul (Tyrese Proctor draws the foul)
11:24		TV timeout
11:24	+1	Tyrese Proctor makes regular free throw 1 of 1	23-14
11:03	+2	Jaeden Zackery makes two point jump shot (Del Jones assists)	23-16
10:38		Cooper Flagg misses two point layup
10:36		Tigers defensive rebound
10:17	+2	Dillon Hunter makes two point jump shot (Del Jones assists)	23-18
9:50		Jump ball. (Tigers gains possession)
9:50		Tyrese Proctor turnover (lost ball) (Dillon Hunter steals)
9:38	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point jump shot	23-20
9:17		Viktor Lakhin shooting foul (Sion James draws the foul)
9:17	+1	Sion James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-20
9:17	+1	Sion James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-20
8:52		Chauncey Wiggins misses three point jump shot
8:50		Blue Devils defensive rebound
8:26		Christian Reeves shooting foul (Khaman Maluach draws the foul)
8:26		Khaman Maluach misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:26	+1	Khaman Maluach makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-20
8:08		Christian Reeves misses two point layup
8:06		Sion James defensive rebound
7:55	+3	Tyrese Proctor makes three point jump shot (Sion James assists)	29-20
7:42		Maliq Brown personal foul
7:42		TV timeout
7:34	+2	Del Jones makes two point layup	29-22
7:19		Viktor Lakhin blocks Kon Knueppel's three point jump shot
7:17		Chase Hunter defensive rebound
6:54	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point jump shot	29-24
6:31		Cooper Flagg turnover (traveling)
6:17		Viktor Lakhin turnover (lost ball) (Maliq Brown steals)
6:17		Viktor Lakhin personal foul
5:59		Cooper Flagg misses two point jump shot
5:57		Chase Hunter defensive rebound
5:47	+2	Chase Hunter makes two point layup	29-26
5:47		Blue Devils 30 second timeout
5:25	+3	Kon Knueppel makes three point jump shot (Cooper Flagg assists)	32-26
5:07	+3	Del Jones makes three point jump shot	32-29
4:37		Cooper Flagg misses three point jump shot
4:35		Ian Schieffelin defensive rebound
4:34		Kon Knueppel flagrant 1 (Jaeden Zackery draws the foul)
4:34		Jaeden Zackery misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
4:34	+1	Jaeden Zackery makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	32-30
4:13		Tigers turnover (shot clock violation)
4:00	+2	Sion James makes two point layup	34-30
3:53		Ian Schieffelin turnover (bad pass)
3:53		TV timeout
3:41	+2	Tyrese Proctor makes two point jump shot	36-30
3:22		Isaiah Evans personal foul (Dillon Hunter draws the foul)
3:22		Dillon Hunter misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:22		Christian Reeves offensive rebound
3:20		Sion James personal foul (Christian Reeves draws the foul)
3:20	+1	Christian Reeves makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-31
3:20	+1	Christian Reeves makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-32
3:08	+3	Tyrese Proctor makes three point jump shot	39-32
2:39		Chase Hunter misses two point jump shot
2:37		Christian Reeves offensive rebound
2:37		Khaman Maluach personal foul (Christian Reeves draws the foul)
2:37		Christian Reeves misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:37	+1	Christian Reeves makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-33
2:25		Tyrese Proctor turnover (bad pass) (Jake Heidbreder steals)
2:11	+2	Christian Reeves makes two point layup (Ian Schieffelin assists)	39-35
1:43		Tyrese Proctor misses three point jump shot
1:41		Jake Heidbreder defensive rebound
1:17		Christian Reeves offensive foul
1:17		Christian Reeves turnover (offensive foul)
1:02		Caleb Foster misses two point layup
1:00		Caleb Foster offensive rebound
0:59		Caleb Foster misses two point layup
0:58		Caleb Foster offensive rebound
0:57		Caleb Foster misses two point layup
0:55		Ian Schieffelin defensive rebound
0:49		Jaeden Zackery turnover (bad pass) (Cooper Flagg steals)
0:44	+2	Cooper Flagg makes two point dunk	41-35
0:38		Tigers 30 second timeout
0:25		Jake Heidbreder misses three point jump shot
0:23		Tyrese Proctor defensive rebound
0:20		Blue Devils 30 second timeout
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
DUKE
Blue Devils
30
CLEM
Tigers
42

Time		Play	Score
19:45		Cooper Flagg misses two point jump shot
19:43		Sion James offensive rebound
19:42		Dillon Hunter personal foul
19:33	+2	Tyrese Proctor makes two point jump shot	43-35
19:02		Cooper Flagg blocks Jaeden Zackery's two point layup
19:00		Khaman Maluach defensive rebound
18:49		Cooper Flagg misses two point layup
18:47		Khaman Maluach offensive rebound
18:45		Khaman Maluach misses two point layup
18:43		Dillon Hunter defensive rebound
18:31		Ian Schieffelin misses two point hook shot
18:29		Tigers offensive rebound
18:15	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup (Dillon Hunter assists)	43-37
17:57		Cooper Flagg misses three point jump shot
17:55		Chase Hunter defensive rebound
17:45		Viktor Lakhin misses two point layup
17:43		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
17:42	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup	43-39
17:42		Khaman Maluach shooting foul (Viktor Lakhin draws the foul)
17:42	+1	Viktor Lakhin makes regular free throw 1 of 1	43-40
17:29	+2	Tyrese Proctor makes two point dunk (Maliq Brown assists)	45-40
16:58	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup (Chase Hunter assists)	45-42
16:38		Cooper Flagg misses two point layup
16:36		Ian Schieffelin defensive rebound
16:23		Sion James personal foul
16:10		Del Jones misses two point layup
16:08		Cooper Flagg defensive rebound
16:06		Del Jones personal foul
15:43		Chauncey Wiggins shooting foul (Sion James draws the foul)
15:43		TV timeout
15:43	+1	Sion James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-42
15:43		Sion James misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:43		Chase Hunter defensive rebound
15:42		Cooper Flagg personal foul
15:18	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup	46-44
15:03		Jaeden Zackery personal foul
14:58		Cooper Flagg misses two point jump shot
14:56		Del Jones defensive rebound
14:49		Del Jones misses three point jump shot
14:47		Kon Knueppel defensive rebound
14:36	+3	Kon Knueppel makes three point jump shot (Sion James assists)	49-44
14:11	+2	Jaeden Zackery makes two point jump shot	49-46
13:45		Maliq Brown misses three point jump shot
13:43		Chase Hunter defensive rebound
13:43		Kon Knueppel personal foul
13:16		Jump ball. (Tigers gains possession)
13:13	+3	Ian Schieffelin makes three point jump shot (Dillon Hunter assists)	49-49
12:42		Tyrese Proctor misses three point jump shot
12:40		Ian Schieffelin defensive rebound
12:28	+2	Chase Hunter makes two point layup	49-51
12:05		Chase Hunter personal foul (Cooper Flagg draws the foul)
11:56		Kon Knueppel misses two point jump shot
11:54		Christian Reeves defensive rebound
11:29		TV timeout
11:24		Tigers turnover (shot clock violation)
11:13		Viktor Lakhin blocks Sion James's two point dunk
11:11		Tigers defensive rebound
10:58		Viktor Lakhin misses two point hook shot
10:56		Chase Hunter offensive rebound
10:45	+3	Jaeden Zackery makes three point jump shot (Chase Hunter assists)	49-54
10:26		Cooper Flagg misses two point layup
10:24		Maliq Brown offensive rebound
10:19		Sion James misses three point jump shot
10:17		Ian Schieffelin defensive rebound
10:06		Maliq Brown personal foul
9:56		Dillon Hunter misses three point jump shot
9:54		Ian Schieffelin offensive rebound
9:54		Kon Knueppel personal foul
9:52		Ian Schieffelin misses two point layup
9:50		Ian Schieffelin offensive rebound
9:47	+2	Ian Schieffelin makes two point layup	49-56
9:40		Blue Devils 30 second timeout
9:40		TV timeout
9:29		Isaiah Evans turnover (out of bounds)
9:11		Viktor Lakhin misses two point layup
9:09		Khaman Maluach defensive rebound
8:49	+3	Isaiah Evans makes three point jump shot (Sion James assists)	52-56
8:22		Del Jones misses two point jump shot
8:20		Chase Hunter offensive rebound
8:07		Christian Reeves turnover (lost ball) (Cooper Flagg steals)
8:05		Tyrese Proctor turnover (carrying)
7:52		Jaeden Zackery misses two point jump shot
7:50		Cooper Flagg defensive rebound
7:33		Isaiah Evans misses three point jump shot
7:31		Tigers defensive rebound
7:30		TV timeout
7:10		Cooper Flagg shooting foul (Ian Schieffelin draws the foul)
7:10	+1	Ian Schieffelin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-57
7:10		Ian Schieffelin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:10		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
6:56		Chase Hunter misses three point jump shot
6:55		Cooper Flagg defensive rebound
6:55		Del Jones personal foul
6:42		Ian Schieffelin blocks Khaman Maluach's two point layup
6:39		Khaman Maluach offensive rebound
6:39		Jaeden Zackery shooting foul (Khaman Maluach draws the foul)
6:39	+1	Khaman Maluach makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-57
6:39	+1	Khaman Maluach makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-57
6:27	+2	Ian Schieffelin makes two point dunk (Viktor Lakhin assists)	54-59
6:05		Ian Schieffelin shooting foul (Cooper Flagg draws the foul)
6:05	+1	Cooper Flagg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-59
6:05	+1	Cooper Flagg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-59
5:47		Del Jones misses two point jump shot
5:45		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
5:34		Khaman Maluach personal foul (Viktor Lakhin draws the foul)
5:34		Viktor Lakhin misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:34		Kon Knueppel defensive rebound
5:18	+3	Cooper Flagg makes three point jump shot (Sion James assists)	59-59
4:53		Tigers 30 second timeout
4:45	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point jump shot	59-61
4:15	+3	Tyrese Proctor makes three point jump shot	62-61
3:54		Khaman Maluach blocks Jaeden Zackery's two point layup
3:53		Tigers offensive rebound
3:53		TV timeout
3:47	+2	Chase Hunter makes two point jump shot	62-63
3:25	+2	Cooper Flagg makes two point layup	64-63
3:07	+2	Jaeden Zackery makes two point jump shot	64-65
2:44		Kon Knueppel misses three point jump shot
2:42		Ian Schieffelin defensive rebound
2:33		Tyrese Proctor personal foul (Viktor Lakhin draws the foul)
2:33	+1	Viktor Lakhin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-66
2:33	+1	Viktor Lakhin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-67
2:08	+3	Cooper Flagg makes three point jump shot	67-67
1:47	+3	Dillon Hunter makes three point jump shot (Chase Hunter assists)	67-70
1:23		Cooper Flagg misses two point layup
1:21		Khaman Maluach offensive rebound
1:18		Tyrese Proctor misses three point jump shot
1:16		Cooper Flagg offensive rebound
1:16		Viktor Lakhin personal foul (Cooper Flagg draws the foul)
1:16	+1	Cooper Flagg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-70
1:16		Cooper Flagg misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:16		Ian Schieffelin defensive rebound
1:15		Khaman Maluach personal foul (Ian Schieffelin draws the foul)
1:15		Ian Schieffelin misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:15		Ian Schieffelin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:15		Cooper Flagg defensive rebound
1:00	+3	Cooper Flagg makes three point jump shot	71-70
0:52		Blue Devils 60 second timeout
0:38	+2	Chase Hunter makes two point layup	71-72
0:24		Viktor Lakhin blocks Sion James's two point layup
0:22		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
0:21		Sion James personal foul (Viktor Lakhin draws the foul)
0:21		Viktor Lakhin misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:21	+1	Viktor Lakhin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-73
0:21		Blue Devils 60 second timeout
0:14		Cooper Flagg turnover (traveling)
0:14		Tigers 30 second timeout
0:14		Maliq Brown personal foul (Chase Hunter draws the foul)
0:14	+1	Chase Hunter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-74
0:14	+1	Chase Hunter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-75
0:09		Chase Hunter blocks Tyrese Proctor's two point layup
0:07		Tigers defensive rebound
0:05		Maliq Brown personal foul (Chase Hunter draws the foul)
0:05	+1	Chase Hunter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-76
0:05	+1	Chase Hunter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-77
0:03		Cooper Flagg misses three point jump shot
0:01		Dillon Hunter defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Dillon Hunter defensive rebound