It has kind of been a first half of streaks between Duke and Houston. With the score 10-8, Cooper Flagg started an 8-1 run with a dunk, followed by a couple of baskets by Kon Kneuppel and an offensive rebound put-back by Maliq Brown.

But the Cougars would come back with Emanuel Sharp hitting a three-pointer and J’Wan Roberts getting a layup to cut the lead to 18-15 with about 8 minutes to play.

After the timeout, it was all Blue Devils as they would go on a 13-4 run over the next 6 minutes, starting off with a dunk by Khaman Maluach, and also having a three-pointer by Kneuppel and being finished by Cooper Flagg getting fouled for a layup and free throw.

But LJ Cryer would hit two three pointers and Milos Uzan hit another three pointer to cut the lead back down to 6 before the half ended.

So Kon Knueppel led Duke with 12 points while LJ Cryer led Houston with 12 points. And Duke will head to halftime with a 34-28 lead.