No. 17 Arizona is formidable at its home arena, making McKale Center one of the nation’s top college basketball environments. Duke grabbed a lead over Arizona less than four minutes into their game and maintained the rest of the night all the way to a 69 ...

The No. 17 University of Arizona men’s basketball team (2-2, 0-0 in Big 12) fell to a 69-55 loss against No. 12 Duke University on Friday, Nov. 22 at 8:30 p.m. in McKale Center.

Cooper Flagg scored 24 points and No. 12 Duke picked up its first victory against a power-conference team this season by defeating No. 17 Arizona 69-55 on Friday night at Tucson, Ariz. Kon Knueppel scored most of his 13 points courtesy of three 3-pointers as Duke's top two scorers were freshmen in the team's first true road game of the season.

Cooper Flagg scored 24 points, Kon Knueppel added 13 and the pair of freshmen led No. 12 Duke past No. 17 Arizona 69-55 on Friday night.

Cooper Flagg overcame a slow start and scored 16 of his 24 points after the break, as Duke topped Arizona in its first major road test of the season.

Sure, Cooper Flagg had 24 points, but Duke’s defense stole the show as the Blue Devils toppled Arizona in their first true road test in Tuscon.