Viktor Lakhin scored 22 points and Chase Hunter made the go-ahead basket in the final minute as Clemson knocked off No. 2 Duke 77-71 on Saturday night at Clemson, S.C., ending the Blue Devils’ 16-game winning streak.Hunter sank four free throws in the last 15 seconds to finish with 14 points and teammates Jaeden Zackery and Ian Schieffelin each had 12 points.Tyrese Proctor scored 23 points, Cooper Flagg racked up 14 of his 18 points in the last 6:05 and Kon Knueppel had 14 points for Duke (20-3, 12-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), which seemed in position to emerge as the new No. 1 team in the country after top-ranked Auburn lost earlier in the day at home to No. 6 Florida.Clemson (19-5, 11-2), which lost earlier in the week in triple overtime to visiting Georgia Tech, moved within a game of first-place Duke.Clemson led 70-68 when Schiefflin missed two free throws with 1:15 to go before Flagg’s go-ahead 3. Hunter scored and Lakhin added a free throw. Trailing 74-71, the Blue Devils had a chance to tie or take the lead, but Flagg slipped on a drive for a turnover before the final foul shots.The Blue Devils outscored Clemson 36-12 from beyond the 3-point arc.Duke held a nine-point lead before going to the break with a 41-35 edge. Lakhin posted Clemson’s first nine points of the second half as the Tigers closed within 46-44.Teammates had the next three baskets and the Tigers held a 51-49 lead, marking the third time in the last five games that Duke trailed in the second half.
