By james art 
Cooper Flagg had 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists to help rescue No. 2 Duke in a wild second half as the Blue Devils rallied to defeat Wake Forest 63-56 on Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Kon Knueppel added 15 points and Mason Gillis had 11 points off the bench as the Blue Devils (17-2, 9-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) extended their winning streak to 13 games.
Wake Forest (15-5, 7-2) had its six-game winning streak, its longest in 20 years, halted.
Freshman Juke Harris scored 14 points off the bench and Hunter Sallis contributed 12 points, but that left him about seven points below his season average.
Wake Forest couldn’t overcome 37.3 percent shooting from the field. That included going 3-for-18 on 3-pointers in suffering its first loss in 11 home games this season.
Duke used a 14-2 run to blow a 53-47 lead with 3:54 left on a pair of Flagg free throws. Proctor’s 3-pointer made it 56-49, and Gillis’ second-down 3-pointer pushed the margin to 58-52.
Wake Forest outscored Duke 23-4 in the first 10 minutes of the second half, going ahead 45-39 and thrilling most of the sellout crowd. But those visions of a Blue Devils home upset for the second straight have faded.
Duke finally gave up a basket by Knueppel and a 3-pointer by Gillis. The Blue Devils took a 48-47 lead on Flagg’s drive at the 5:44 mark.
Wake Forest scored the first seven points of the second half in less than three minutes, reversing a trend of a sluggish offense. Salis had the first five of those points and the demon deacons continued to pour it on.
Just over 10 minutes into the game, Duke held a 16-6 lead. Wake Forest started the game going 3-for-14 from the field.
Knueppel had 12 first-half points as the Blue Devils led 35-22 at the break after Sallis’ dunk at the buzzer. The Demon Deacons shot 29.6 percent from the field and 6-for-12 on free throws in the half, missing all nine of their 3-point attempts.
The Demon Deacons were hurt by Tre’von Spillers’ two fouls. He finished with nine points.
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