Patrick Ngongba II scores 28 as No. 2 Duke routs Coastal Carolina 113-52

Patrick Ngongba II scored a career-high 28 points with nine rebounds, and No. 2 Duke beat Coastal Carolina 113-52 on Thursday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils are 2-0. The Chanticleers fall to 0-2.

Duke scored the game's first 16 points and led 54-18 at halftime after shooting its way into a 36-point cushion. The Blue Devils finished 38 of 62 from the field (61.3%) and 11 of 22 from 3.

Ngongba, a 6-foot-11 junior, already had 18 points by the break, topping his previous career high of 17. He dunked just before halftime, then hit back-to-back 3s early in the second half to push the lead to 66-20.

Cayden Boozer finished with 11 points and a career-high 12 assists for his first double-double. John Blackwell and Caleb Foster each scored 15. Foster later picked up two double-technical fouls on separate occasions and was ejected with about seven minutes left.

Trey Perry led Coastal Carolina with 14 points on 5-of-15 shooting. The Chanticleers shot 30.2% from the field and 4 of 22 from 3.

Top performers

1. Patrick Ngongba II, DUKE: 28 points on 10-of-13 shooting, nine rebounds.
2. Cayden Boozer, DUKE: 11 points, 12 assists, three steals.
3. John Blackwell, DUKE: 15 points.
4. Caleb Foster, DUKE: 15 points off the bench before the ejection.
5. Trey Perry, CCU: 14 points.

Dame Sarr added 12 points and four steals. Duke owned the glass 53-27 and dished 25 assists to Coastal Carolina's eight.

The Blue Devils had opened with an 84-50 win over Army and wanted cleaner offense after lulls in that game. This one never stalled. A 14-0 run in the first half, with Ngongba scoring seven in the burst, turned a large lead into a blowout before intermission.

Duke meets Michigan State on Tuesday in the Champions Classic. Coastal Carolina is 0-2 after a one-point loss to Eastern Michigan on Monday.