Cooper Flagg turned in his fourth-highest scoring performance of the season Thursday as No. 3 Duke bested Cal 78-59 behind a 27-point effort from the freshman phenom. Flagg finished 8 of 14 shooting and hit all nine of his free-throw attempts while leading all scorers as the Blue Devils (21-3,

Coming off its first ACC loss of the season, a 77-71 setback at Clemson, No. 3 Duke shut down cold-shooting Cal and rolled to an easy win.

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 to snap the Blue Devils’ 16-game winning streak.