Viktor Lakhin scored 22 points, Clemson held player of the year candidate Cooper Flagg in check for most of the game and the Tigers defeated No. 2 Duke 77-71 to snap the Blue Devils’ 16-game winning streak.

In a high-stakes showdown between the top two seeds in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Clemson Tigers took down the Duke Blue Devils 77-71, handing Cooper Flagg one of the most embarrassing defeats of his young career.

The Blue Devils hadn't experienced a loss yet this calendar year, last registering a defeat to Kansas on Nov. 12.