No. 4 Duke Defeats Boston College, 67-49

Tuesday, February 3

Durham, N.C.

7 p.m.

Duke University

21-1,10-0ACC

Boston College

9-13,2-7ACC

Boston College

Duke

No. 4 Duke Defeats Boston College, 67-49

2/3/2026 9:19:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DURHAM, N.C. – No. 4 Duke moved to 21-1 overall and 10-0 in the ACC with a 67-49 victory over Boston College on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Cameron Boozer eclipsed 500 points for the season with a 19-point performance, while tallying his 11th double-double of the campaign with 12 rebounds. Boozer also led all players with five steals, a new career high for the freshman forward. Isaiah Evans joined Boozer in double-figures with 12 points, while Maliq Brown led all players in assists with four.

Duke posted its second consecutive wire-to-wire victory and led by as many as 20 points in the second half, helping the Blue Devils to their 10th consecutive victory and 28th straight win at home.

On defense, Duke limited the Eagles to 49 points, which matched Boston College's low point output for the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Cameron Boozer started the game with a three-pointer, followed by a steal and slam. Duke's defense forced a shot clock violation and then came up with another theft, leading to an alley-oop dunk by Dame Sarr.
Boston College called timeout less than four minutes into the contest after a driving layup by Boozer put Duke in front, 11-0. A layup by Boston College at the 14:59 mark gave the visitors their first points of the night, after 13 unanswered by Duke to begin the game.
Boozer started a perfect 5-for-5 and reached double-digits less than eight minutes into the game, scoring his 11th point of the night to give the Blue Devils a 20-9 edge. Back-to-back buckets from Patrick Ngongba II, including a triple, pushed Duke's lead to 16, 29-13, at the halfway mark of the first half.
Consecutive makes from beyond the arc from Caleb Foster and Isaiah Evans increased the margin to 17 points, 35-18, with just under six minutes before intermission.
A poster dunk by Boozer on the last possession of the half sent Duke into the locker room with a 15-point edge, 42-27. Four turnovers by Boston College in the first five minutes of the second half helped Duke secure its first 20-point lead of the night at 51-31.
Boozer logged his 11th double-double of the season with his 10th rebound of the evening at the 7:05 mark, with Duke still in the lead, 57-40. A Boston College three-pointer, off the glass at the end of the shot clock, narrowed Duke's lead to 13, 58-45, the smallest it had been in the second half.
The Blue Devils scored nine of the game's final 13 points, capping the 67-49 victory.

NOTES

Duke improved to 21-1 for the season, the best start to a season since 2007-08 (22-1).
The Blue Devils have won 32 of their last 33 games against conference opponents.
Dating back to last season, Duke has won 28 consecutive games at home.
- The Blue Devils are now 59-3 (.952) at Cameron Indoor Stadium in four seasons under Jon Scheyer.
- Duke has won 15 straight against ACC foes at home.
Duke's winning streak reached 10 games, its second double-digit stretch of the year without a loss (started the season 11-0).
The Blue Devils have now won 17 consecutive ACC regular-season contests, the third-longest ACC winning streak in program history and the longest since 2000.
Duke is 31-3 when playing the Eagles, including an unblemished 15-0 home record.
- The Blue Devils have won 24 of the 26 meetings in the ACC regular season against BC.
Duke is 18-9 when playing on Feb. 3, and has won 11 of the last 14 games on this date.
- The Blue Devils are 12-3 in Feb. 3 home games, including 11 consecutive wins at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1953.
Across the last two seasons, Duke owns the best record in Division I college basketball, at 56-5.
Duke shot 18-of-29 (.621) from the field in the first half, its best shooting performance in a first half against an ACC opponent this season.
Duke had its streak of scoring at least 42 points in the paint snapped, finishing the contest with 38 points in the paint.
- Duke had scored at least 42 points in the paint in five straight games and 40 points or more in six of the last seven outings.
The Eagles entered Saturday's game averaging 68.1 points per game, but were held to 49, 19.1 below their season average.
- Duke's defense has held all but two of their 22 opponents below their scoring average.
- The 49 points matched Boston College's season low for points (49 vs. Davidson) and was the lowest scoring output in a conference game.
Duke ranked 11th nationally and led the ACC in scoring defense (64.3) entering Tuesday and held Boston College to 15.3 points below that average.
Duke scored 42 points in the first half, the highest first-half total allowed by Boston College so far this season.
Boston College ranked third in the conference for blocks per game (4.9) entering Tuesday night.
- Boston College was only able to tally one blocked shot against Duke.
Duke began Tuesday's game leading the ACC and ranked seventh in the country for scoring margin (+20.7).
- The Blue Devils have defeated the Eagles by double-digits in five of the last six meetings.
The Blue Devils outrebounded the Eagles by four (35-31) and have finished with a positive margin on the glass in 18 games this season.
Duke swiped 10 steals, its eighth game this season with double-digit takeaways.
- The Blue Devils only allowed two steals by Boston College, matching Duke's lowest steals allowed in a game this season (vs. Kansas).
The Blue Devils outscored Boston College in four specialty stats, with leads in points off turnovers (13-7), points in the paint (38-18), second-chance points (8-4) and fast-break points (13-6).
Duke finished the contest with 13 fouls and holds a record of 64-2 (.969) in four seasons under Scheyer when committing 15 or fewer fouls.
Cameron Boozer eclipsed 500 career points, scoring 19 points, while also grabbing a game-high 12 rebounds.
- The freshman now has 11 double-doubles this season, tied for 10th most by a Duke freshman.
- Boozer became the first player (men's or women's) at any point in a Division I career to record at least 14 points, five rebounds and two assists in 22 consecutive games, per OptaStats.
- Boozer swiped five steals, a new career high. He's the second Blue Devil to register at least five takeaways in a game this season (Maliq Brown vs. Texas Tech).
Isaiah Evans also scored in double-figures, finishing the night with 12 points.
- The Blue Devils are now 28-0 in the past two seasons when Evans scores in double-digits.
- The sophomore added three assists, two rebounds, one steal and one block.
Maliq Brown led the team in assists, with four, while chipping in two steals.
- Brown reached 50 career games with multiple takeaways, with 13 of those coming this season.
Patrick Ngongba II scored nine points and reeled in nine caroms, finishing one point and one board shy of a double-double.

QUOTES

"Great to get our 10th conference win. All of these are precious. Credit Boston College with their defense and I thought they were very disruptive and stood us up, and we have to be better at handling that in the second half. But, loved our defense and our ability to get off to a quick start was great. And proud, like I said, to get this win." - Duke head coach Jon Scheyer
"He has meant everything to our team... A guy that has the ball in his hands that much, his assist-to-turnover ratio. His ability to score inside and out. He's a connector, he draws a lot of attention. He is all about winning. He has been off the charts for us this year. I think he is, I don't want to get into the perception or anything like that because I do not know fully what it is, but I hope he's truly celebrated and appreciated for not just the numbers he puts up. For me, it is about his impact on winning, and that's as high, if not the highest in the country, of anybody." - Scheyer on Cameron Boozer surpassing 500 points
"We just wanted to play Duke basketball, take Duke shots, and impose our will on defense." - Duke junior guard Caleb Foster

UP NEXT

No. 4 Duke (21-1, 10-0 ACC) travels to No. 14 North Carolina (18-4, 6-3 ACC) on Saturday, Feb. 7. The rivalry matchup tips off at 6:30 p.m., broadcast on ESPN.

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