NBA prospect Cooper Flagg finished with 24 points, three rebounds, six assists, four steals and one block while shooting 9/14 from the field and 2/4 from the three-point range in 30 minutes of playing time.

The heralded freshman from Maine picked up two fouls in the opening 7:01, but after a stint on the bench converted a go-ahead 4-point play to spark a 17-2 run.

Cooper Flagg and the Duke men’s basketball team have been rolling into the new year. The No. 4 Blue Devils (12-2) have won eight straight after sinking ACC opponents Virginia Tech and Southern Methodist University. Conference play continues this week, with matchups against Pittsburgh and Notre Dame on tap.

Since losing to Kansas during Thanksgiving week in Las Vegas, Duke has been a different team. The Blue Devils have won their last eight games and star freshman Cooper Flagg has been the leading scorer in five of them.

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer shares how the Blue Devils rookie superstar Cooper Flagg is already a savant.

Cooper Flagg scored 14 of his 24 points in the first half as No. 4 Duke took care of business in an 88-65 victory against Virginia Tech on Tuesday at

But it just seems like what Cooper Flagg is doing at Duke should be a bigger story than it is. Do you agree? Yes, I understand that Flagg entered college with an unusual amount of hype that's even led to a "Cooper Flagg Tracker" here at CBSSports.

Tyrese Proctor and Kon Knueppel each had 14 points for the Blue Devils, which had a 42-24 advantage in points in the paint.

Thanks to a pair of 24-point performances against Virginia Tech and SMU last week, Duke freshman Cooper Flagg swept the ACC Player of the Week and ACC Rookie of the Week awards for the second time on Monday.

The projected No. 1 overall draft pick has been as close to flawless as anyone could ever expect from a Duke basketball freshman.