Boozer Scores 35; No. 4 Duke Defeats Indiana State, 100-62

Friday, November 14

Durham, N.C.

7 p.m.

Duke University

4-0,0-0ACC

100

Indiana State

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Indiana St.

Duke

100

Cameron Boozer dunks the ball against Indiana State

Boozer Scores 35; No. 4 Duke Defeats Indiana State, 100-62

11/14/2025 9:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DURHAM, N.C. – No. 4 Duke men's basketball powered past Indiana State, 100-62, on Friday, Nov. 14 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Cameron Boozer scored 23 first-half points en route to 35 points, matching the second-highest point total by a Duke freshman. Boozer reeled in 12 rebounds for a double-double and added five assists, three steals and three blocks.

Boozer matched Zion Williamson and Jared McCain for the second-most points by a Duke freshman and became just the third Duke player in the last 45 years to have at least 35 points in a double-double performance. Boozer joins Williamson versus Syracuse (35 points, 10 rebounds) on Jan. 14, 2019, and Christian Laettner versus Charlotte (37 points, 11 rebounds) on Dec. 1, 1990.

The Blue Devils (4-0) also saw Caleb Foster and Dame Sarr reach double-figures, with 14 and 10, respectively. Five different players finished with multiple assists, with Boozer joined by Nikolas Khamenia with a game-high five dimes, while Isaiah Evans logged three helpers and Foster, Patrick Ngongba II and Maliq Brown each registered a pair.

On defense, Duke blocked 13 shots and held Indiana State to 22-of-61 (.361) shooting. The Blue Devils also swiped 13 steals and forced a total of 18 turnovers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Both teams scored on their opening possession, with Cameron Boozer getting the Blue Devils on the board off of a layup. Back-to-back three-pointers by Indiana State gave the visitors an early 8-2 lead.
Two more triples gave the visitors a 10-point advantage, 14-4, shortly before the first media timeout of the game. The Boozer twins combined for seven quick points, narrowing the margin to three, 14-1, after five minutes of action.
Nikolas Khamenia slammed home a fast-break dunk, extending Duke's scoring run to 11 unanswered, forcing a timeout by the Sycamores. Isaiah Evans drilled a contested three-pointer in the corner and sent the Blue Devils into the under-12 timeout with a five-point lead, 22-17.
Cameron Boozer moved into double-figures with two quick buckets, giving the freshman 13 points at the 8:25 mark. Transition triples by Boozer and Caleb Foster expanded the margin to 16, 40-24, and triggered another timeout by the Sycamores with 5:15 remaining before halftime.
Boozer continued to fill up the hoop, highlighted by a steal and emphatic slam to give him 23 points with just over three minutes before the break. Duke led by nearly 20 points, 51-32, heading into halftime.
Eight straight points by Boozer pushed him past 30 for the night and Duke led, 64-41, after four minutes of play in the second frame. The Blue Devils held the visitors without a field goal for over five minutes and remained in control, 77-45, at the under-12 timeout.
Boozer reached 35 points, tied for the second most by a Duke freshman, with two free throws. The Blue Devils reached the century mark with a three-pointer from Darren Harris en route to the eventual 100-62 victory.

NOTES

The victory marked head coach Jon Scheyer's 93rd with the Blue Devils.
Friday was the 50th home win for Scheyer.
- In Scheyer's tenure, the Blue Devils are 50-3 (.943) when playing at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Dating back to last season, Duke has won 19 consecutive games at home.
Duke is a perfect 11-0 when playing on Nov. 14.
Friday marked the first meeting between Duke and Indiana State.
Duke eclipsed 100 points for the second consecutive game, after scoring 114 at Army West Point in its last outing.
- The last time the Blue Devils reached the century mark in back-to-back games was versus Evansville (104-40) on Dec. 20, 2017, and versus Florida State (100-93) on Dec. 30, 2017.
The Blue Devils logged 22 assists on 37 made field goals.
- After finishing with 21 assists versus Western Carolina and 25 at Army West Point, Duke has three consecutive games with at least 20 assists since doing so in a three-game stretch against NC State, Florida State and Syracuse during the 2021-22 season.
On the glass, Duke won the rebounding battle, 48-27.
- The Blue Devils have finished with a margin of +21 in consecutive games, having registered the same 48-27 advantage on the glass in Duke's last game, at Army.
Duke's defense forced 18 turnovers while limiting Indiana State to just 14 assists.
- The Blue Devils have forced more turnovers than assists allowed in each of their last three games, the first time under Scheyer that a Duke team has accomplished the milestone in three consecutive games.
Duke swept the specialty stats for the third game in a row, leading in points off turnovers (26-11), points in the paint (54-26), second-chance points (23-5), fast-break points (27-9) and bench points (27-16).
Duke's defense held Indiana State to 62 points. The Sycamores entered the game averaging 81.3 points per game.
- The Blue Devils have held each opponent this season under their respective scoring average.
- The Sycamores are the first team to score more than 60 points on the Blue Devils' defense this season.
Duke registered four scoring runs of at least 10 points, with stretches of 13, 11, 11 and 11 consecutive points during the game.
- The Blue Devils have 11 double-digit scoring runs this season and have not allowed any from their opponents.
The Blue Devils scored 51 points in the first half, a new season high.
Duke shot a season high 20-of-32 (.625) from the field in the opening half.
Duke blocked 13 shots, its first game with at least double-digit rejections since finishing with 11 against Queens on Dec. 30, 2023.
- The 13 swats are tied for seventh-most by a Duke team in a single game and the most since Duke blocked 14 attempts by Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 26, 2019.
Cameron Boozer had a career night, scoring 35 total points, tied for the second most by a freshman in Duke history.
- The freshman is tied with Jared McCain and Zion Williamson, who reached 35 points at Florida State (Feb. 17, 2024) and versus Syracuse (Jan. 14, 2019), respectively, while Cooper Flagg set the Duke and ACC freshman scoring record with 42 points versus Notre Dame on Jan. 11, 2025.
- Boozer scored 23 in the first half, the most in the opening 20 minutes by a Blue Devil since McCain posted 25 in his performance at Florida State on Feb. 17, 2024.
Boozer also brought in 12 rebounds, his second double-double of the season.
- The 35-point, 12-rebound double-double is just the third 30-point double-double by a Duke player in the last 45 years, joining Williamson (35 points/10 rebounds) versus Syracuse on Jan. 14, 2019, and Christian Laettner (37/11) versus Charlotte on Dec. 1, 1990.
In 29 minutes of action, Boozer also set new career highs in blocks (three) and steals (three), while joining his teammate Nikolas Khamenia with a game-high five assists.
Caleb Foster scored 14 points, a season high for the junior.
- Foster made multiple three-pointers for the second game in a row, while also grabbing four rebounds and logging two assists.
- Duke is 15-2 when Foster scores at least 10 points.
Dame Sarr also scored in double figures, with 10, highlighted by two slam dunks.
- The freshman shot 4-for-6 (.667) from the field and has scored in double figures in back-to-back games.
Patrick Ngongba II had his streak of at least 10 points snapped at three games, ending the night with nine points.
- He blocked a career-high four shots, while also grabbing eight rebounds – second most by any player in the game.
Khamenia set a new career benchmark with five dimes.
- The freshman scored a career-high nine points, matched his career high of six caroms and led in the +/- category at +33.
Maliq Brown logged a pair of takeaways, his first multi-steal game of the season and 38th of his career.
Isaiah Evans swatted two shots, his second straight game with multiple blocked attempts.

QUOTES

"I want to give my best wishes to Coach [Matthew] Graves. I know he's not going through a great time, and I'm wishing him a speedy recovery. It's an honor for us to play against Indiana State. We knew going in they'd really test our defense - they play with great spacing, with great pace. They do a good job screening and trying to attack whatever defense you're playing, and we got punched in the face. Our defense wasn't where it needed to be. I thought it was great for us to respond. Cam Boozer had a special night. It was about his approach. He's such a competitor. He didn't love the way he played against Army, and he came back determined. There's some great lessons for us to take away tonight. We're going to learn from it, come back tomorrow, address it, and then keep moving on. But I thought it was a really good game for us." - Duke head coach Jon Scheyer
"I just had a change in mentality from the last game to this game, focusing on the right things, like defense, rebounding, pressuring the ball. When I'm doing those things and just focus on those things, the other side just naturally happens because of that mentality. That was the main thing tonight." - Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer on his hot first-half start
"Just bringing a different look with two point guards and we can put more [defensive] pressure on. I feel like it's a different lineup each and every game. We're so deep and we just have to find those two guys that are on that night and ready to lock up and just roll with them." - Duke junior guard Caleb Foster when asked about Duke's lineup tonight when he and freshman guard Cayden Boozer were on the floor together

UP NEXT

No. 4 Duke travels to New York, N.Y., taking on No. 25 Kansas in the State Farm Champions Classic. The Blue Devils and Jayhawks are the second game of the annual doubleheader, and are scheduled for tipoff at 9 p.m., at Madison Square Garden.

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