Proctor Propels Duke Past Stanford, 106-70

Saturday, February 15

Durham, N.C.

4 p.m.

Duke University

22-3,14-1ACC

106

Stanford

16-10,8-7ACC

Stanford

Duke

106

Tyrese Proctor and Cooper Flagg celebrate against Stanford

Proctor Propels Duke Past Stanford, 106-70

2/15/2025 6:25:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DURHAM, N.C. – Tyrese Proctor scored 23 points, matching a season high, to lead Duke past Stanford, 106-70, on Saturday, Feb. 15. The Blue Devils (22-3, 14-1 ACC) finished with five players in double-figures and eclipsed 100 points in a regulation ACC contest for the first time since a 100-93 victory over Florida State on Dec. 30, 2017. The 106 total points are the most scored by a Duke team in an ACC contest since the Blue Devils defeated Georgia Tech, 110-57, on Jan. 4, 2017.

Proctor finished the afternoon shooting 9-of-13 (.692) from the field, including 5-of-8 (.625) from deep, matching a career high for made three-pointers. Cooper Flagg added 19 points and Khaman Maluach contributed 17 points on 8-of-9 (.889) shooting, fueled by seven dunks. Sion James finished with a season-high 14 points and Caleb Foster rounded out Duke's double-digit scoring, chipping in 10.

As a team, Duke dished 23 assists while committing only five turnovers, good for a 4.6 assist-turnover ratio, a single-game high for Duke this season. Flagg and James each ended the contest with six dimes and Maluach grabbed a six rebounds to lead the team.

The 36-point victory is the second-largest ACC victory for a Duke team under head coach Jon Scheyer, trailing only the 86-43 win at Georgia Tech on Jan. 28, 2023, in Scheyer's first season as head coach.

HOW IT HAPPENED

An alley-oop dunk from Khaman Maluach got Duke on the board on its first trip down the floor. A pair of free throws, from Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg, put Duke in front, 6-0. A Stanford three-pointer gave the Cardinal their first points, before Knueppel connected on a corner three with 17:04 on the clock.
The visitors tied the score, 13-13, following another make from deep, but Tyrese Proctor connected on his own shot from deep to put the Blue Devils back in the lead with just over five minutes elapsed. Flagg drilled a triple of his own, giving the freshman seven early points, and forced a Stanford timeout with 13:36 remaining in the first half.
10 unanswered points by Duke expanded the margin to 14, 31-17, with just over 10 minutes gone in the contest. An extended 16-3 scoring run helped establish the Blue Devils' largest lead, 37-20, out of the under-eight media timeout. Proctor's second three-pointer of the first half pushed the junior into double-figures, the first player to reach the double-digit threshold.
Proctor ended the first half with 17 points, leading Duke to a 49-34 advantage after 20 minutes of play. The Blue Devils scored 12 of the first 17 points following the break, capped by Proctor's fourth three-pointer of the game, increasing the lead to 22, 61-39.
Flagg swished home his second three-pointer with 14:37 on the clock and Duke followed up with two free throws by Sion James to claim a 70-44 edge. Maliq Brown stepped into a three-pointer of his own on Duke's next possession, Duke's eighth make in its last nine attempts from the field.
Maluach slammed home his seventh dunk of the game, giving the freshman 17 points and Duke an 80-55 lead shortly before the under-eight timeout. The Blue Devils continued their three-point barrage, with Proctor and Flagg each sinking shots from deep to establish a 29-point cushion, 88-59, with six minutes left in the game.
The Blue Devils eclipsed the century mark with a running floater from Isaiah Evans and Caleb Foster became the fifth Blue Devil with at least 10 points following a three-pointer. Neal Begovich closed out the 106-70 win, slamming home a fast-break dunk in the waning seconds.

NOTES

Saturday afternoon was the fourth meeting all-time between the two schools, the first for Stanford at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and the series is now tied 2-2.
Head coach Jon Scheyer is now 76-21 (.784) in his coaching career, including a 46-3 (.939) record at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The 106 total points are the most scored by a Duke team in an ACC contest since the Blue Devils defeated Georgia Tech, 110-57, on Jan. 4, 2017.
Duke is now 138-1 at Cameron Indoor Stadium when scoring at least 100 points.
Duke's 57 second-half points, matching a season high previously set against Army West Point on Nov. 8, 2024.
The Blue Devils connected on a season-best 62.5% (40-of-64) from the field, Duke's best shooting performance since making 64.4% (38-of-59) versus Dartmouth on Nov. 6, 2023.
As a team, Duke dished 23 assists while committing only five turnovers, good for a 4.6 assist-turnover ratio, a single-game high for Duke this season.
Duke won the rebounding battle, 37-29, and has finished with a positive margin on the glass in all but six games this season.
With the win, Duke improved to 311-93 (.770) in ACC regular-season games when ranked as a top-five team in the country.
The Blue Devils have won all 11 games played in Durham on Feb. 15, including a 9-0 record at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Stanford entered the game averaging 74.8 points per game and 43.7 percent shooting from the field, and was held to 70 points on 24-of-63 (.381) shooting by the Blue Devils' defensive unit.
The Blue Devils finished the game with 10 forced turnovers, their seventh consecutive game with double-digit opponent giveaways.
For the 14th time this season, Duke finished with a double-digit advantage for points in the paint, outscoring Stanford, 42-16, in the category.
The Blue Devils scored 22 fast-break points and limited Stanford to just three,
Duke scored 49 points in the first half, the second-highest first-half total in conference play this season, trailing only the 50 points that Duke scored against Miami on Jan. 14.
Tyrese Proctor scored 23 points, his season high, on 9-of-13 (.692) shooting. The junior made five three-pointers, matching his career high, finishing the game 5-of-8 (.625) from beyond the arc.
Proctor logged his fifth career 20-point game, third this season and second in Duke's last three games.
Across the Blue Devils' last five games, the junior is averaging 19.4 points and is shooting 18-of-37 (.486) from beyond the arc and 36-of-65 (.554) overall during that stretch.
Cooper Flagg scored 19 points in 28 minutes played, shooting 7-of-13 (.538) from the field, including 3-of-6 (.500) from deep.
The freshman added six assists, five rebounds and two steals, while also finishing the game with no turnovers.
Khaman Maluach poured in 17 points, two off his career high, fueled by seven dunks. The freshman finished the game with a team-high six rebounds and also blocked one shot.
Maluach now has 49 dunks this season, compared to just 34 combined for all of Duke's opponents.
Sion James tallied 14 points on just three field goal attempts, going 3-for-3 from the floor, including a three-pointer, and 7-of-8 from the free-throw line.
James also distributed six assists with just one turnover. In Duke's last eight games, the graduate transfer has collected 32 dimes and only six miscues, an assist-to-turnover ratio of 5.3.
Caleb Foster came off the bench to post 10 points in just six minutes of play, shooting 4-of-6 from the field with two triples.

QUOTES

"I thought it was a great overall game by our guys. Thought the readiness was really good. Obviously, I think the shots came from great sharing and great pace on offense. By the way, Jaylen [Blakes] is Duke family. Jaylen, he's graduated from Duke in three years. He's not going to be in a bad position, getting his undergrad from Duke and graduate degree from Stanford. But this is the only game I was rooting against him. Besides that, he's given our program so much for three years. Obviously, also having Dickie V [Dick Vitale] back here was an incredible thing. I know before the game, he came out and rang the bell – just to cherish him and the fact of him being back in Cameron Indoor Stadium was an awesome thing. Tyrese [Proctor], on offense, what he's doing, I think the sharing and connecting is what stands out to me. Sion [James], what he did the whole game, 14 [points] and 6 [assists]. I thought guys made the right play. And then defensively, I thought it was a better game for us. I thought that was more how it should be with Duke defense. [Maxime] Raynaud is a tough cover. They do some really good things for him, but the fact that he scored 19 and had 21 shots, that's really what you want. Obviously, it's a quick turnaround, and we need to get recovered and rested, but really proud of our guys and the effort today." - Duke head coach Jon Scheyer
"We're just playing free. We've got so many shooters on the court. If you help on [Cooper Flagg] or help on Kon [Knueppel] on their drives, everyone's loaded up, ready for the ball. I think we've got a good rhythm right now and we're starting to feel like we're playing with each other a lot better. Everyone knows the few things that everyone can do to a high level, so it's just repping those and putting guys in situations where they can succeed in that. I'm just having fun out there. I'm not overthinking, I'm playing confident, and shots are falling." - Duke junior guard Tyrese Proctor
"I feel like we've been all right the last two games, and we feel like we did good things at Clemson, too. It's really about just stacking good days. We've got a lot to clean up. [Today's game] wasn't our cleanest game, by far. We did some really, really good things, highlighted by scoring 106 points, so I'm not going to act like we didn't play well, but we've got a lot to clean up and we're just going to keep getting better." - Duke graduate guard Sion James
"I thought it was just a good example of Duke basketball for us. Coming out and playing to our standards, doing what we do, and letting the ball flow and playing through the right option, the right man." - Duke freshman guard/forward Cooper Flagg

UP NEXT

No. 3 Duke travels away from Durham for its next three games, beginning with a road game at Virginia on Monday, Feb. 17. The Blue Devils (21-3, 13-1 ACC) and Cavaliers (12-12, 5-8 ACC) will tip off at 8 p.m., on ESPN.

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