No. 2 Duke Storms Past Miami, 97-60

Tuesday, February 25

Coral Gables, Fla.

7 p.m.

Duke University

25-3,16-1ACC

Miami

6-22,2-15ACC

Duke

Miami (FL)

No. 2 Duke Storms Past Miami, 97-60

2/25/2025 9:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – No. 2 Duke never trailed in its 97-60 victory at Miami on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The Blue Devils (25-3, 16-1 ACC) forced 20 turnovers, a new season high for the Hurricanes (6-22, 2-15 ACC) and made 15 three-pointers en route to the 37-point victory.

Isaiah Evans exploded for 16 first-half points, on 5-of-6 (.833) shooting from deep in the first 20 minutes, to help Duke seize control of the contest. Kon Knueppel led all scorers with 20 points on 6-of-8 (.750) from the field, including 4-of-5 (.800) from distance. Cooper Flagg and Caleb Foster also scored in double-figures, posting 16 and 10, respectively.

On the glass, Flagg and Knueppel paced the Blue Devils with five boards each. Duke dished 20 assists as a team, led by Flagg, who ended the game with six helpers.

Tuesday marked the 100th game for head coach Jon Scheyer, who holds a 79-21 record at the helm of the program. His 79 victories are the most by a Duke head coach in their first 100 games.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Kon Knueppel scored on Duke's first possession, connected on a three-pointer from the wing. Cooper Flagg also made his first three-point attempt of the night, on the Blue Devils' next trip down the floor, to give Duke an early 6-0 lead.
Tyrese Proctor drilled a three-pointer, pushing the junior over the 1,000-point threshold for his career. Duke's defense held Miami without a made field goal for over four minutes, securing a 15-4 lead with just over 13 minutes before halftime.
Miami and Isaiah Evans traded three-pointers on back-to-back possessions, with Evans making his second in a row while being fouled. The freshman capped off the four-point-play, giving Duke a 26-14 edge with 9:24 on the clock. Evans remained hot, capping a personal 10-point burst with his third three-pointer of the first half, growing Duke's lead to as large as 15, 29-14.
A three-point-play from Patrick Ngongba II snapped a brief drought from the field the Blue Devils that spanned just under three minutes. Evans' canned his fourth three-pointer, giving the freshman 13 points and Duke its first 20-point lead, 43-23. The Hurricanes scored nine of the final 13 points in the first half, as the Blue Devils took a 47-32 lead into the locker room.
A six-point burst, courtesy of a Knueppel three-pointer and Flagg three-point play, put Duke back in front by 21, 55-34, shortly after the resumption of play. Khaman Maluach laid in his first bucket of the night on the Blue Devils' next possession, forcing a Miami timeout just over three minutes into the second stanza.
The margin eclipsed 30 for the first time, 69-38, with a Sion James layup at the 12:30 mark. Knueppel reached 20 points with two free throws out of the under-eight media timeout, pushing the Blue Devils edge to 34, 79-45.
Cameron Sheffield swished home a three-pointer in the final minute and Mason Gillis connected on three free throws to finish off the 97-60 victory.

NOTES

Tuesday night was head coach Jon Scheyer's 100th game as head coach at Duke.
Scheyer posted a 79-21 record in his first 100 games at the helm, the most wins in the first 100 games for a Duke head coach.
The 37-point win is the largest margin in an ACC contest so far this season and Duke's second win of at least 30 points against a conference foe during the 2024-25 campaign.
The last time a Duke team earned multiple 30-point victories in ACC play was during the 2019-20 season, when Duke posted five such victories.
Duke now leads the series against Miami, 28-10, with an 11-7 advantage in Coral Gables, Fla.
The Blue Devils picked up their 16th ACC win of the season. Duke has won at least 14 league bouts in all three seasons under Scheyer and the 16 wins sets a new high-water mark for Scheyer's teams.
Duke has won 13 of its last 15 games played on Feb. 25.
With the win, Duke improved to 313-93 (.771) in ACC regular-season games when ranked as a top-five team in the country.
The Blue Devils entered Tuesday night as the only team in the nation to score 80 points or more per game (82.0) and hold its opponents to 61 points or fewer per game (61.0).
The Blue Devils finished the game with 97 points and Miami was limited to just 60.
At the start of the game, Miami was among the ACC's top shooting squads, ranking fifth in the conference in field goal percentage (.464) and fourth in free throw percentage (.769).
Duke's defense limited the Hurricanes to 25-of-64 (.391) shooting from the field.
The Blue Devils forced 20 Miami turnovers, the most by the Hurricanes in a game this season and the most by any Duke opponent this season.
Duke scored 27 points off the 20 takeaways, a new season high in the category.
Kon Knueppel scored a game-high 20 points, shooting 6-of-8 (.750) overall from the field, fueled by a 4-of-5 (.800) performance from deep.
In Duke's two games against Miami this season, Knueppel has scored 45 points on 15-of-19 (.789) shooting, including 10-of-13 (.769) on three-pointers.
Knueppel grabbed five rebounds to equal the team high, while also collecting a team-best three steals.
Isaiah Evans scored all 16 of his points in the first half, firing off five three-pointers in the opening 20 minutes and ending the game 5-of-8 (.625) from beyond the arc.
Across Duke's last three games, Evans is averaging 16.7 points and is shooting 13-of-19 (.684) on three-pointers during that span.
Cooper Flagg scored 16 points, while dishing a game-high six assists without a turnover and grabbing a team-high five rebounds.
Caleb Foster also finished in double-figures, scoring 10 points, highlighted by a perfect 2-for-2 showing on three-pointers.
Foster has scored at least 10 points in three of his last four games.
Tyrese Proctor scored his 1,000th career point on Tuesday night, making a three-pointer in the opening minutes.
Proctor is the 70th player in Duke history to score at least 1,000 points, reaching 1,004 career points on Tuesday night.

QUOTES

"I thought it was a workman-like performance by our team. Credit Miami, they were crashing the boards like crazy in that first half, they had 11 [offensive rebounds]. To only hold them to two in the second half, to me, that was the difference. Our guys, it's been three road games. We played in a neutral game in New York, but for us to get three road wins, Isaiah [Evans], the way that he had it going in the first half was a big thing for our team. Happy for Tyrese [Proctor] getting his 1,000th point. I know he didn't want to get it in this fashion. We have to get him back [home], get x-rays and an MRI. He got hit in the leg. That's the extent of what I know, and we'll get him looked at and taken care of. Great performance. Proud of these guys. For freshmen, they just have such a maturity and serious approach. It's really fun to coach these guys because of that. Proud of the win." - Duke head coach Jon Scheyer

UP NEXT

No. 2 Duke returns home to battle Florida State on Saturday, March 1. The Blue Devils (25-3, 16-1 ACC) and Seminoles (16-12, 7-10 ACC) will tip off at 7 p.m., on ACC Network.

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