Boozer Posts 30 and 14; No. 6 Duke Races Past Stanford, 80-50

Saturday, January 17

Stanford, CA

6 p.m.

Duke University

17-1,6-0ACC

Stanford

14-5,3-3ACC

Duke

Stanford

Boozer Posts 30 and 14; No. 6 Duke Races Past Stanford, 80-50

1/17/2026 8:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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STANFORD, Calif. – A dominant performance by Cameron Boozer led No. 6 Duke to an 80-50 victory at Stanford on Saturday, Jan. 17. The Blue Devils (17-1, 6-0) held the Cardinal (14-5, 3-3 ACC) to just 19 points in the first half, as Duke led wire-to-wire and swept its west coast conference swing.

Boozer finished with 30 points and 14 rebounds, the freshman's ninth double-double of the year and sixth with at least 20 points. The freshman scored 20 of his points in the opening 20 minutes and finished one rebound shy of his career high on the glass.

Isaiah Evans and Patrick Ngongba II joined Boozer in double-figures, scoring 15 and 13, respectively. On defense, Dame Sarr played a pivotal role in holding Stanford's Ebuka Okorie to just nine points, 14 points below the Cardinal guard's season average.

With the victories over California and Stanford, Duke is just the second ACC team to emerge unblemished after traveling west, joining the 2024-25 Wake Forest squad.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After forcing a turnover on Stanford's first possession, Duke opened the scoring with a layup from Cameron Boozer. The Blue Devils scored the first six points and Duke's defense held the hosts scoreless for four minutes, as Duke took a 6-2 lead into the first media timeout.
Boozer scored nine of Duke's first 13 points and the Blue Devils continued to play strong defense, holding Stanford to just four points through the first eight minutes of play.
A thunderous one-hand dunk by Dame Sarr extended the lead to 12, 19-7, with 9:27 on the clock. Duke used an extended 13-3 scoring run to grab control, 21-7, at the 8:42 mark.
A shooting drought of just over five minutes was snapped at the five-minute mark by a Boozer layup, followed by Duke's first triple of the contest on its next possession, also from the freshman forward.
Boozer continued the dominant first half, reaching 20 points and nine rebounds by halftime as Duke surged to finish the opening 20 minutes with a 35-19 advantage. The freshman capped his double-double shortly into the second half, grabbing his 10th rebound on the offensive glass.
The lead grew to 20 points, 48-28, after a layup by Patrick Ngongba II with just under 13 minutes remaining. The sophomore reached double-figures from the charity stripe less than a minute later.
A corner triple from Isaiah Evans gave him 11 points, the third Duke player with at least 10 points. Cayden Boozer drilled a trifecta as the shot clock expired to put Duke ahead by 30, 74-44, with 3:38 remaining. A three-point play by Nikolas Khamenia capped Duke's 80-50 victory.

NOTES

Duke became just the second ACC team to win both games on the west coast since California and Stanford joined the league last season.
- The Blue Devils joined Wake Forest, who picked up the two-game sweep during the 2024-25 campaign.
Saturday's game wrapped up a five-game stretch that included four road games.
- Duke went 5-0 in those five games.
The game was Duke's first true road game against Stanford, after the Cardinal previously edged the Blue Devils, 84-83, on Dec. 21, 2000, in Oakland.
- Duke is undefeated in true road games this season, at 6-0.
The ACC's two leading scorers faced off on Saturday, featuring Duke's Cameron Boozer (22.8) and Stanford Ebuka Okorie (22.9).
- Boozer exploded for 30 points, while Duke limited Okorie to just nine points.
- Okorie scored less than 10 points for just the second time this season.
Duke is 20-6 when playing on Jan. 17.
- The Blue Devils have won eight consecutive games on this date since 1998.
- Duke is 8-3 on the road when playing on this date.
Wednesday night marked the first sellout at Maples Pavilion since Feb. 10, 2024.
- Both Duke games on the west coast were announced as sellouts, and the Blue Devils are the first team to play in front of a sold-out crowd at California and Stanford since the two teams joined the ACC.
The Blue Devils have won 28 of their last 29 games against conference opponents.
Saturday was the fifth meeting between the two teams.
- Duke improved to 3-2 in the all-time series against Stanford.
- The Blue Devils have won the last three contests against the Cardinal.
- In conference contests, Duke's average margin of victory over the Cardinal is 33 (+36, 2024-25; +30, 2025-26)
The 30-point victory was the largest margin of victory by a visiting team at Maples Pavilion since Arizona registered a 91-52 win on Jan. 1, 2017.
Duke registered one double-digit scoring run, increasing Duke's kill shot season total to 21.
Stanford entered the game averaging 77.9 points per game, but were held to 50 points, 27.9 below its season average.
- Stanford's 50 points are the second-fewest in a game this season by the Cardinal.
- Duke's defense limited Stanford to just 19 points in the first half, the second-lowest point total in any half by the Cardinal this season.
- The Blue Devils' defense allowed just 19 made field goals, the second consecutive game that Duke's opponent made fewer than 20 shots.
Duke out-rebounded Stanford, 35-29, and has finished with a positive margin on the glass in 14 games this season.
- Duke began the contest ranked ninth nationally and leading the ACC in rebounding margin (+9.2)
Stanford began Saturday evening's contest ranked fifth in the ACC for turnovers forced (13.9) and turnover margin (+3.1)
- The Blue Devils took care of the basketball, finishing with just 10 turnovers.
- Duke became just the fourth team this season to finish with a positive turnover margin (+8) against Stanford.
Duke finished with advantage in three of the specialty stats, securing an edge in points off turnovers (22-6), points in the paint (44-20) and second-chance points (17-11).
- The 44 points in the paint are the most by a Duke team against a Power Four foe this season, surpassing the 42 scored against Arkansas (Nov. 27, 2025) and California (Jan. 14).
Cameron Boozer scored 20 points in the first half en route to 30 total points, while also grabbing 14 rebounds, one shy of his career high, for his second consecutive double-double.
- The freshman has nine total double-doubles this season, and six of those have come with at least 20 points and two with 30 points.
- Boozer shot 12-of-17 (.706) from the field, including 2-of-3 (.667) from beyond the arc.
- Boozer also added three assists and three steals.
Isaiah Evans scored 15 points, while grabbing four caroms and dishing two assists.
Patrick Ngongba II rounded out Duke's double-digit scoring efforts, with 13 points.
- The sophomore shot 3-of-4 (.750) from the field and went 7-of-8 (.875) from the charity stripe.
Dame Sarr played a critical role on defense, helping limit Stanford's Ebuka Okorie to just nine points.
- Sarr played 28 minutes, matching his career high (vs. Texas, Nov. 4, 2025).
- The freshman was also credited with a team-high two blocks, a new career high.
Maliq Brown led the team in assists with four, and was joined by Boozer for the team lead in steals with three apiece.

QUOTES

"First of all, I just want to thank our fans. For the west coast trip, we haven't been out here very often, and the way our fans showed up at Cal and Stanford is an incredible thing. We don't take that for granted. It was great to see a lot of blue. And then, credit to Stanford. They had an incredible crowd, and I thought they were really ready in the beginning there. That's the first thing. The second thing, for us, it's just a great win. It's probably the most collective performance we've had on both ends of the ball. A ton of respect for Stanford, ton of respect for the teams they've beaten, especially here. We knew that it's hard to come out here on the west coast trip and get two wins. I think it's only been done once before last year. And so, for us, we viewed it as a challenge. I'm really proud of our guys for their maturity, their preparation, and then being able to not just get the win, but also grow and get better." - Duke head coach Jon Scheyer
"Yeah, we talked with Coach Scheyer before the trip, and we thought that on this trip, we could discover a little bit of who we are. We wanted to change the energy during practice, during games, during everything we do. I think today, we had a great start, and that hasn't happened most of the games. I think we're growing. And in January, that's when you start to know which type of team you are. We're trying to grow. The ultimate goal, of course, is to win as many games as possible." - Duke freshman guard/forward Dame Sarr

UP NEXT

No. 6 Duke (17-1, 6-0 ACC) returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 24, at Cameron Indoor Stadium against Wake Forest (11-7, 2-3 ACC).
The Blue Devils and Demon Deacons tip off at 5:45 p.m., on The CW.

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