Cooper Flagg missed the final 11:27 of the first half in No. 2 Duke's 100-65 win over Florida State on Saturday after taking a pair of blows to the face. But the freshman phenom returned in the second half and finished with 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting to avoid losing any ground in the national player of the year race.

No. 2 Duke withstood a first-half injury to star freshman Cooper Flagg in a blowout of Florida State, 100-65, on Saturday night in Durham, N.C.

Duke players see star freshman Cooper Flagg’s toughness on a regular basis and that was on display for everyone else Saturday night. Flagg returned for the second half of the No. 2 Blue Devils’ 100-65 victory over Florida State after leaving in the first half following a hard foul when he was poked in the eye.