Freshman Cameron Boozer scored a career-high 35 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as No. 4 Duke overcame a slow start to earn a 100-61 victory over Indiana State in Durham, North Carolina.
Caleb Foster added 14 points, Dame Sarr 10 points and Patrick Ngongba II contributed nine points and eight rebounds for the Blue Devils (4-0), who shot 53.5 percent from the floor and erased an early 10-point deficit. Boozer shot 13 of 16 from the floor.
Duke recorded back-to-back 100-point games for the first time since 2017, after recording a 114-59 victory at Army on Tuesday.
Sterling Young scored 14 points, Ian Scott 13 and Camp Wagner added 11 for the Sycamores (2-2), who faced the Blue Devils for the first time in program history. Indiana State shot 36.1 percent from the floor.
The Sycamores took an 8-2 lead on a 3-pointer by Wagner 2:29 into the game, then went up 14-4 just 3:21 into the game when Wagner and Young made consecutive 3-pointers.
It was all Duke from there.
The Blue Devils went on an 11-0 run to take a 15-14 lead, then climbed back to 19-17 following two free throws from Nikolas Khamenia. The surge was part of a larger 22-3 run that put the Blue Devils ahead 26-17 just past the halfway point of the first half.
Duke went on two 11-0 runs in the first half, along with a 13-0 run, and led 51-32 at the break after shooting 62.5 percent from the floor and building a 30-12 advantage in points in the paint. Boozer had 23 points in the first half on 9-of-10 shooting from the floor.
It was the third straight game in which the Blue Devils scored at least 45 points in the first half.
Duke, which led by 21 points in the first half, opened its first lead of more than 30 points at 73-41 after a 3-pointer by Sarr with 13:28 remaining. They went up 40 at 92-52 with 4:42 left on a free throw by Ngongba.
Duke forced 18 turnovers in the game that turned into 26 points, and the Blue Devils finished with a 54-26 advantage in points in the paint.
–Field level media
