No. 4 Duke Earns Eighth Ranked Victory, Defeats No. 20 Clemson, 67-54

Saturday, February 14

Durham, N.C.

12 p.m.

Duke University

23-2,12-1ACC

Clemson

20-6,10-3ACC

Clemson

Duke

No. 4 Duke Earns Eighth Ranked Victory, Defeats No. 20 Clemson, 67-54

2/14/2026 2:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DURHAM, N.C. – No. 4 Duke stifled No. 20 Clemson, as the Blue Devils (23-2, 12-1 ACC) held the Tigers (20-6, 10-3 ACC) to a season low in points in a 67-54 victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 14.

Cameron Boozer led all players in points (18), rebounds (eight) and assists (four), while his twin brother Cayden Boozer finished two points shy of his career high with 12 points. Isaiah Evans rounded out Duke's double-digit scoring with 17 points, fueled by four three-pointers.

Duke tallied its eighth victory over a ranked team, the most by any team in the country this season. The Blue Devils extended their home winning streak to 29 consecutive games, including 16 straight conference victories at home. With the win, Duke snapped Clemson's 14-game win streak in road conference games.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Clemson controlled the opening tap and scored on its opening possession. Cameron Boozer intercepted a pass and slammed home Duke's first points, followed by back-to-back triples from Isaiah Evans and Caleb Foster.
Dame Sarr also connected on a trifecta and Duke remained in front, 13-12, at the under-12 timeout. The Blue Devils maintained a slight edge, 17-14, as the clock reached the halfway mark of the first half.
Clemson briefly moved back in front, 18-17, after a dunk, but Evans canned his second triple to push Duke into the lead again. A third three-pointer by the sophomore forced a Clemson timeout with 3:47 on the clock and Duke in front by eight, 28-20.
Duke's defense allowed Clemson to make just two of its final seven shots of the first half and the Blue Devils took a 31-26 lead into the break. The Blue Devils doubled the margin, with five straight points to start the second half, taking a double-digit lead for the first time at 36-26.
Boozer moved into double-figures with a three-pointer on the wing, giving the freshman 11 points at the 15:11 mark. A poster dunk by Boozer grew the lead to 16, 47-31, and forced a timeout by the Tigers after seven minutes of second-half action.
The Blue Devils' defense forced a stop and Cayden Boozer logged a three-point play on the ensuing offensive possession, giving the freshman eight points. Boozer reached double-figures on the next possession with a floater, giving Duke 10 unanswered points.
The Tigers responded with seven straight points, cutting the Blue Devils' lead to 14, 52-38, before Nikolas Khamenia sent in a three-pointer with 9:33 on the clock.
Boozer got an offensive rebound and beat the expiring shot clock to make it a 64-42 game with less than five minutes to play.
The Tigers connected on three late three-pointers to narrow the final margin to 67-54.

NOTES

The Blue Devils have won 34 of their last 36 games against conference opponents.
Clemson was the 10th nationally-ranked opponent for Duke this season.
- The Blue Devils are 8-2 when playing a top-25 team.
- Duke has now defeated No. 7 Michigan State, No. 15 Florida, No. 20 Louisville (twice), No. 20 Clemson, No. 22 Arkansas, No. 24 SMU and No. 25 Kansas.
- The eight ranked victories are the most by any team in the country, with Arizona (six) next closest.
The Blue Devils have won 28 consecutive home games, including 16 straight against conference opponents.
- Saturday's win was the 60th home victory for head coach Jon Scheyer. Duke is 60-3 (.952) when playing at home under Scheyer.
Duke has won nine of the last 12 meetings against Clemson and leads the all-time series, 116-34.
- The Blue Devils are 67-4 (.944) at home against the Tigers and have won 22 consecutive meetings at Cameron Indoor.
Duke is 24-13 when playing on Feb. 14, and has won seven consecutive on this date.
Across the last two seasons, Duke owns the best record in Division I college basketball, at 58-6.
The Tigers entered Saturday's game averaging 75.6 points per game, but were held to 54, 21.6 below their season average.
- Duke's defense has held all but two of their 25 opponents below their scoring average.
- Clemson's previous low for points in a game this season was 63, and the Tigers were limited to their fewest points since Jan. 31, 2023.
- Duke ranked sixth nationally and led the ACC in scoring defense (63.5) entering Saturday, and held Clemson to 9.5 points below that average.
Entering Saturday, Duke topped the ACC and ranked eighth nationally for rebounding margin (10.0).
- The Blue Devils outrebounded the Tigers by five (37-32) and have finished with a positive margin on the glass in 21 games this season.
Duke registered one scoring run of at least 10 points, increasing its kill shot season total to 28.
The Blue Devils outscored Clemson in three specialty stats, with leads in points off turnovers (13-8), points in the paint (24-22) and fast-break points (7-3).
Duke finished the contest with 10 fouls (season-low) and holds a record of 66-3 (.957) in four seasons under Scheyer when committing 15 or fewer fouls.
Cameron Boozer led all players in points (18), rebounds (eight) and assists (four), his 11th game this season leading the Blue Devils in all three categories.
- The performance was Boozer's 15th game this season with at least 15 points, six rebounds and four assists. No other Division I player has more than 11 such games this season.
- Boozer has led all players in points, rebounds and assists in six games this season, breaking a tie with Tim Duncan (5, 1996-97) for the most by an ACC player in a season over the last 30 seasons.
Isaiah Evans drilled four triples en route to 17 points, while adding three rebounds and two steals.
- Evans has now made at least three three-pointers in 12 games this season. Duke is 12-0 this season when he reaches that threshold and 23-0 during Evans' career.
- Evans reached 350 points for the season on Saturday and Boozer entered the game with 553 points.
Evans and Boozer are the first Duke teammates to each have 350+ points in the team's first 25 games of a season since Tre Jones and Vernon Carey Jr. in 2019-20.
Cayden Boozer poured in 12 points, finishing just two points shy of his career high of 14.

QUOTES

"For me, a ton of respect – Coach Brownell is one of the best coaches in the game, period. Clemson's program, who they are as a team this year, we knew it was going to be a physical, tough game. Their defense is terrific. I was really proud of our guys. I thought our defense was top-notch today. I thought it made it really difficult on them, and to get a lead in the second half, double digits, and sustain it the whole way was great. I thought Dame's [Sarr] defense at the point of attack is a difference maker. I thought Cayden [Boozer] had some incredible moments today, with just giving us poise on offense. I thought his defense was terrific, as well. I thought our post defense on those guys was key. Grateful for this win." - Duke head coach Jon Scheyer
"Honestly, I feel like everything is about us. We don't try to make statements to anybody else. What are we trying to accomplish? What are we looking forward to doing and how are we going to accomplish it? I feel like today we just took another step." - Duke sophomore guard/forward Isaiah Evans
"I thought our defense was great tonight. [Clemson] scored, what, 54? And a lot of those were in the last minute, too, so I think that definitely carried us the whole way. They're a great team, second in our league, so we saw this as a championship game coming into tonight, and we played with that kind of energy. I think we needed a game like this, an elite defensive performance, a lot of effort. A lot of it started with that guy right there – Dame Sarr. It was a great team win overall." - Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer

UP NEXT

No. 4 Duke (23-2, 12-1 ACC) returns to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Monday, Feb. 16, taking on Syracuse (15-11, 6-7 ACC).
The Blue Devils and Orange tip off at 7 p.m., broadcast on ESPN.

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