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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) \u2014\u00a0Isaiah Evans made seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 32 points, Atlantic Coast Conference\u00a0Player and Rookie of the Year\u00a0Cameron Boozer added 23 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 1-seed\u00a0Duke survived a scare from\u00a0No. 8-seed\u00a0Florida State to beat the Seminoles 80-79 on Thursday night in the\u00a02026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men\u2019s Basketball\u00a0Tournament quarterfinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Seminoles had a chance at an upset after Chauncey Wiggins blocked Boozer with seven seconds left, but Robert McCray V\u2019s 3 at the buzzer rimmed out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maliq Brown came up with two huge defensive plays to turn the momentum of the game for\u00a0No. 1\u00a0Duke,\u00a0which\u00a0had a 19-2 run in the second half after\u00a0trailing by\u00a0eight with 13 minutes left. Brown had 12 rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Blue Devils (30-2) outrebounded Florida State 46-25 but needed to\u00a0overcome\u00a028 points from Lajae Jones and 25 from McCray for their ninth straight win. The Seminoles were 11-of-28 on 3s\u00a0for the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Evans, who\u00a0grew up in\u00a0Charlotte\u00a0and\u00a0played\u00a0high school basketball at nearby North Mecklenburg High, had 28 points against the Seminoles in Duke\u2019s 91-87 victory in January. He was 11-of-20 from the field on Thursday night and 7-of-16 from beyond the arc.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duke played without starting point guard Caleb Foster, who is out indefinitely with a broken right foot, and starting big man Patrick\u00a0Ngongba\u00a0II, who is sitting out this week\u2019s ACC\u00a0Tournament while dealing with his own foot issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Florida State led 35-34 at halftime and carried the momentum into the second half, building a 59-51 lead seven\u00a0minutes in\u00a0behind 10 quick points from McCray.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Boozer\u00a0scored on\u00a0an\u00a0offensive rebound and then drilled a 3 from the top of the key on consecutive possessions to ignite a 19-2 run. Brown, the ACC\u00a0Defensive\u00a0Player of the\u00a0Year and\u00a0Sixth\u00a0Man of the\u00a0Year, had two steals during the run leading to Duke\u2019s\u00a0layups.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Florida battled back to cut the lead to 80-79 behind Jones before McCray\u2019s miss at the buzzer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The\u00a0Blue Devils\u00a0also\u00a0pulled\u00a0down\u00a022 offensive rebounds,\u00a0the most\u00a0by any\u00a0team\u00a0in an\u00a0ACC Tournament\u00a0game\u00a0since\u00a0North Carolina on March 10, 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Evans is\u00a0only\u00a0the second Blue Devil to ever hit\u00a0seven\u00a0or more three\u00a0pointers\u00a0in an\u00a0ACC Tournament\u00a0game,\u00a0joining\u00a0J.J. Redick,\u00a0who did so twice\u00a0(March\u00a012,\u00a02005,\u00a0vs. Boston College\u00a0and March\u00a012,\u00a02006,\u00a0vs. NC State).\u00a0<\/p>\n
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