It seemed like history was going to repeat itself, that the Wildcats would keep themselves within striking distance into the final minutes. Instead, Duke knocked down its shots. It capitalized on a Trey Townsend turnover with a strong drive and layup from Cooper Flagg.

Caleb Love fell short of double-digit points against the UNC basketball archrival despite 13 field goal attempts.

The Duke Blue Devils got revenge on multiple fronts in Arizona on Friday night. After last week's 77-72 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats, freshman phenom Cooper Flagg and his teammates needed to answer questions against the best of the best on their schedule.

Cooper Flagg scored 24 points, Kon Knueppel added 13 and the pair of freshmen led No. 12 Duke past No. 17 Arizona 69-55 on Friday night.

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Cooper Flagg scored 24 points and No. 12 Duke picked up its first victory against a power-conference team this season by defeating No. 17 Arizona 69-55 on Friday night at Tucson, Ariz. Kon Knueppel scored most of his 13 points courtesy of three 3-pointers as Duke's top two scorers were freshmen in the team's first true road game of the season.

Cooper Flagg overcame a slow start and scored 16 of his 24 points after the break, as Duke topped Arizona in its first major road test of the season.

No. 17 Arizona fell 69-55 to No. 12 Duke on Friday night at McKale Center, its second consecutive loss to mark the first time under Lloyd it has lost back-to-back games. The Wildcats hadn’t dropped two in a row since the 2020-21 season,