RALEIGH, N.C. -- Cooper Flagg played a little more than 22 minutes in his return to action following an ankle injury last week, and No. 1 seed Duke cruised past No. 16 Mount St. Mary's 93-49 in a first-round NCAA tournament game Friday.
Flagg rolled his left ankle in the first half of Duke's ACC tournament opener against Georgia Tech eight days ago and didn't play in the Blue Devils' next two games. Against the Mountaineers, there were no signs that the ankle still was bothering him, and while he wasn't needed for any late-game heroics, he did put up 14 points and seven rebounds.