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Duke Blue Devils
03-14 09:30
73 - 61
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Clemson
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Team
Q1
Q2
Total
Duke Blue Devils
41
32
73
Clemson
22
39
61
Duke Blue Devils
Clemson
2 points
14
11
3 points
9
7
Free Throws
19
18
Free Throws Rate
TO82%
78%TO
Foul
510
120
Ended73 - 61
20:00
Godfrey vs. Brown (Clemson University gets the ball)
0-0
19:45
Hualin missed a jumper
0-0
19:42
Evans defensive rebound
0-0
19:18
Evans made a mistake
0-0
19:01
Johnson made a mistake
0-0
19:01
Brown steals
0-0
18:42
Boozer made a mistake
0-0
18:42
Hualin steals
0-0
18:38
Godfrey hit a dunk
0-2
18:38
Buckner assisted
0-2
18:17
Boozer hit a two-point shot
2-2
17:49
Johnson missed a jumper
2-2
17:46
Evans defensive rebound
2-2
17:40
Hua Lin committed a personal foul and Boozer was fouled
2-2
17:40
Boozer missed a free throw
2-2
17:40
Duke University dead ball rebound
2-2
17:40
Davidson came on as a substitute and Warrin came on as a substitute
2-2
17:40
Boozer hit a free throw
3-2
17:25
Buckner missed a jumper
3-2
17:21
Evans defensive rebound
3-2
17:07
Boozer made a mistake
3-2
17:07
Davidson steals
3-2
16:49
Hunter missed a 3-point shot
3-2
16:45
Boozer defensive rebound
3-2
16:39
Evans missed a jumper
3-2
16:36
Davidson defensive rebound
3-2
16:17
Brown committed a personal foul and Hunter was fouled
3-2
16:17
Porter came on, C. Thompson came on, Godfrey came on and Hunter came on for him
3-2
16:17
Khamenei came on as a substitute and Brown came off
3-2
16:10
C. Thompson hit a jumper
3-5
16:10
Johnson assisted
3-5
15:50
C. Thompson committed a personal foul, and Boozer was fouled
3-5
15:50
Official suspension
3-5
15:50
Boozer hit a free throw
4-5
15:50
Boozer hit a free throw
5-5
15:50
Harris came on as a substitute and Evans came off the bench
3-5
15:28
Sarr committed a personal foul and Buckner was fouled
5-5
15:28
Buckner hit a free throw
5-6
15:28
Buckner hit a free throw
5-7
15:28
Thomas came on as a substitute and Johnson came off the bench
5-6
15:14
Boozer hit a two-point shot
7-7
14:52
Buckner missed a two-point shot
7-7
14:49
C. Thompson offensive rebound
7-7
14:49
C. Thompson hit a 2-point shot
7-9
14:28
C. Thompson committed a foul, and Khamenei was fouled
7-9
14:28
Brown came on as a substitute and Sarr came off the bench
7-9
14:28
Godfrey came on as a substitute and C. Thompson came off the bench
7-9
14:24
Khamenei hit a jumper
10-9
14:24
Boozer assisted
10-9
14:08
Godfrey hit a 2-point shot
10-11
13:51
Boozer missed a two-point shot
10-11
13:48
Godfrey defensive rebound
10-11
13:35
Buckner missed a jumper
10-11
13:31
Boozer defensive rebound
10-11
13:07
Boozer hit a 3-point shot
13-11
12:47
Thomas missed a 2-point shot
13-11
12:47
Evans came on as a substitute and Boozer came off the bench
13-11
12:47
Hunter came on as a substitute and Buckner came on as a substitute
13-11
12:46
Duke defensive rebounds
13-11
12:33
Godfrey committed a personal foul and Boozer was fouled
13-11
12:33
Boozer hit a free throw
14-11
12:33
Hua Lin came on as a substitute and Godfrey came off
14-11
12:33
Boozer hit a free throw
15-11
12:33
Sarr came on as a substitute and Boozer came off the bench
15-11
12:20
Porter hit a jumper
15-14
12:20
Hunter assisted
15-14
12:10
Sal made a mistake
15-14
12:10
Official suspension
15-14
12:10
Johnson came on as a substitute and Thomas came off the bench
15-14
11:50
Evans missed a jumper
15-14
11:48
Hualin defensive rebounds
15-14
11:21
Hualin made a mistake
15-14
11:21
Khamenei steals
15-14
11:21
Boozer came on as a substitute and Harris came off the field
15-14
11:21
Buckner came on as a substitute and Hunter came on as a substitute
15-14
11:03
Khamenei missed a jumper
15-14
11:01
Clemson University defensive rebounds
15-14
10:46
Boozer came on as a substitute and Khamenei came off the bench
15-14
10:40
Brown committed a personal foul and Johnson was fouled
15-14
10:39
Johnson hit a free throw
15-15
10:39
Johnson missed the free throw
15-15
10:39
Clemson University dead ball rebound
15-15
10:39
Khamenei came on as a substitute and Brown came off
15-15
10:39
Johnson hit a free throw
15-16
10:12
Khamenei missed a layup
15-16
10:11
Sarr offensive rebound
15-16
10:11
Hunter came on as a substitute and Buckner came on as a substitute
15-16
10:09
Evans missed a jumper
15-16
10:06
Hunter defensive rebound
15-16
09:41
Davidson missed a 3-point shot
15-16
09:38
Khameniya defensive rebounds
15-16
09:28
Sarr hit a jumper
18-16
09:28
Evans assisted
18-16
08:58
Porter missed a jumper
18-16
08:56
Boozer defensive rebound
18-16
08:51
Sarr missed a layup
18-16
08:49
Hualin defensive rebounds
18-16
08:24
Hualin missed a jumper
18-16
08:22
Boozer defensive rebound
18-16
08:19
Hunt committed a personal foul and Sarr was fouled
18-16
08:19
Sarr hit a free throw
19-16
08:19
Godfrey came on, Buckner came on, Porter came on and Davidson came on
19-16
08:19
Sarr missed the free throw
19-16
08:19
Clemson University defensive rebounds
19-16
08:19
Khamenei committed a personal foul and Buckner was fouled
19-16
08:19
Harris came on as a substitute and Sarr came off
19-16
08:04
Buckner missed a two-point shot
19-16
08:04
Clemson hit a two-point shot
19-18
08:00
Khameniya defensive rebounds
19-16
07:52
Boozer missed a two-point shot
19-16
07:50
Godfrey defensive rebound
19-16
07:44
Godfrey hit a layup
19-18
07:44
Buckner assisted
19-18
07:22
Official suspension
19-18
07:13
Evans missed a jumper
19-18
07:09
Harris offensive rebound
19-18
07:03
Boozer hit a two-point shot
21-18
06:40
Johnson missed a jumper
21-18
06:36
Evans defensive rebound
21-18
06:28
Harris hit a jumper
24-18
06:01
Godfrey offensive foul
24-18
06:01
Godfrey made a mistake
24-18
06:01
Davidson came on as a substitute and Godfrey came off
24-18
05:45
Khamenei missed a jumper
24-18
05:43
Davidson defensive rebound
24-18
05:43
Boozer committed a personal foul and Davidson was fouled
24-18
05:28
Hunt missed a 2-point shot
24-18
05:24
Khameniya defensive rebounds
24-18
05:10
Buckner committed a personal foul and Evans was fouled
24-18
05:10
Evans hit a free throw
25-18
05:10
Potter came on as a substitute and Warin came off
25-18
05:10
Evans hit a free throw
26-18
04:59
Evans committed a personal foul and Johnson was fouled
26-18
04:43
Davidson missed a 2-point shot
26-18
04:41
Evans defensive rebound
26-18
04:25
Boozer hit a two-point shot
28-18
04:25
Khamenei assisted
28-18
04:25
Hunt committed a personal foul and Boozer was fouled
28-18
04:25
Boozer hit a free throw
29-18
04:13
Harris committed a personal foul and Porter was fouled
29-18
04:13
Potter hit a free throw
29-19
04:13
Potter missed the free throw
29-19
04:13
Thomas came on as a substitute and Hunter came off the bench
29-19
04:11
Evans defensive rebound
29-19
03:54
Evans made a mistake
29-19
03:54
Thomas steals
29-19
03:53
Harris committed a personal foul and Buckner was fouled
29-19
03:53
Official suspension
29-19
03:53
Buckner hit a free throw
29-20
03:53
Sarr came on as a substitute and Harris came on as a substitute
29-20
03:53
Buckner hit a free throw
29-21
03:43
Khamenei hit a layup
31-21
03:43
Boozer assisted
31-21
03:17
Thomas missed a 2-point shot
31-21
03:15
Buckner offensive rebound
31-21
03:09
Buckner offensive foul
31-21
03:09
Buckner made a mistake
31-21
03:09
Warrin came on as a substitute, Buckner came on as a substitute, and Thomas came on as a substitute
31-21
02:53
Evans hit a 2-point shot
33-21
02:53
Boozer assisted
33-21
02:45
Clemson University took a short pause
33-21
02:45
Godfrey came on as a substitute and Hua Lin came off the field
33-21
02:41
Khamenei committed a personal foul and Davidson was fouled
33-21
02:41
Davidson hit a free throw
33-22
02:41
Hua Lin came on as a substitute and Godfrey came off
33-21
02:40
Davidson missed a free throw
33-22
02:39
Evans defensive rebound
33-22
02:25
Evans missed a 3-point shot
33-22
02:22
Boozer offensive rebound
33-22
02:21
Boozer missed a layup
33-22
02:21
Johnson blocked the foul
33-22
02:18
Porter defensive rebound
33-22
02:15
Porter missed a 3-point shot
33-22
02:12
Khameniya defensive rebounds
33-22
02:06
Davidson committed a personal foul and Boozer was fouled
33-22
02:06
Boozer hit a free throw
34-22
02:06
Boozer hit a free throw
35-22
01:50
Buckner missed a two-point shot
35-22
01:47
Boozer defensive rebound
35-22
01:35
Hua Lin committed a personal foul and Boozer was fouled
35-22
01:35
Boozer missed a free throw
35-22
01:35
Duke University dead ball rebound
35-22
01:35
Godfrey came on as a substitute and Hua Lin came off the field
35-22
01:35
Boozer hit a free throw
36-22
01:19
Godfrey missed a layup
36-22
01:14
Godfrey offensive rebound
36-22
01:14
Godfrey missed a two-point shot
36-22
01:14
Boozer blocked the foul
36-22
01:11
Boozer defensive rebound
36-22
01:01
Boozer hit a two-point shot
38-22
00:35
Godfrey missed a layup
38-22
00:33
Boozer defensive rebound
38-22
00:28
Duke University took a short pause
38-22
00:10
Khamenei hit a jumper
41-22
00:10
Boozer assisted
41-22
00:00
Johnson missed a jumper
41-22
00:00
Boozer defensive rebound
41-22
00:00
The first half ended
41-22
Match Info
In a crucial late-season ACC clash, the Duke Blue Devils secured a hard-fought 73-61 victory over the Clemson Tigers on March 14, 2026. The win at Cameron Indoor Stadium solidified Duke's position near the top of the conference standings as the regular season drew to a close, providing vital momentum heading into the postseason tournament. The Blue Devils used a dominant second-half defensive performance to pull away from a persistent Clemson side that kept the game within reach for the first thirty minutes.
The match began with both teams trading baskets, as Clemson's physical interior play matched Duke's perimeter shooting. The Blue Devils held a narrow lead at halftime, but the game remained a one-possession affair for much of the second half. The decisive run came with about ten minutes remaining, as Duke's defense forced a series of turnovers that led to easy transition buckets, stretching the lead to double digits. Clemson struggled to find consistent offense down the stretch, with Duke's guards applying relentless pressure on the ball. A key three-pointer from the wing with five minutes left effectively sealed the contest, pushing the lead to 15 and silencing any hopes of a Tiger comeback.
The focus point of the game was Duke's defensive adjustment after halftime, which completely stifled Clemson's primary scoring options. The Blue Devils also dominated the rebounding battle, particularly on the offensive glass, creating numerous second-chance opportunities that proved to be the difference. For Clemson, their star forward battled foul trouble throughout the second half, limiting his effectiveness when his team needed him most.
The victory moved Duke closer to securing a top seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament, while the loss made Clemson's path to an at-large NCAA Tournament bid more complicated. Both teams now look ahead to their final regular season games with postseason implications hanging in the balance.
Duke's head coach praised his team's defensive intensity, stating, "We challenged them at halftime to own the glass and ramp up the pressure, and they responded with a championship effort." Clemson's coach acknowledged the missed opportunities, saying, "We had stretches where we executed, but their run in the second half, fueled by our turnovers, was the ballgame. We have to be tougher with the ball."