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[QUOTE="realorange, post: 5332298, member: 292"]
"I have to be aggressive at all times."  Bad news for the 'Cuse.

"Duke head coach Jon Scheyer didn't like what he was seeing late in the first half, and had some words for freshman star Cooper Flagg during a timeout.

"He told me I was being finesse, soft," Flagg said after the game. "Coach is always honest with me about what he thinks. That's what I need. It's about responding well, and hearing that helps me a lot."

Flag scored 23 of his game-high 28 points in the second half to power the Blue Devils past the Wolfpack 74-64 to improve to 18-2 and 10-0 in ACC play. Duke outscored NC State by 14 in the second half thanks largely to the play of Flagg and [URL='https://www.si.com/college-basketball/duke-kon-knueppel-high-iq-play-teammate-stay-in-bounds']fellow freshman phenom Kon Knueppel,[/URL] who added 19 points of his own.

"It's not a choice anymore," Flagg said during postgame media availability. "I have to be aggressive. What Coach has told me is that's going to create for everyone else. In the first half, I felt that a little more - just being passive and playing soft. I can't create for anyone else that way. I can't get anyone else open if I'm playing soft. For me, it's no longer a choice of it I want to be aggressive or not. I have to be aggressive at all times."
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