Duke men's basketball finds itself two wins away from claiming its second ACC tournament championship in the last three years. But to play for the title, the top-ranked Blue Devils will first need to take down rival North Carolina on Friday night in the ACC semifinals at the Spectrum Center — likely without leading scorer Cooper Flagg.

Duke’s Cooper Flagg, the ACC’s player and rookie of the year, appeared to injure his left ankle Thursday during the top-ranked Blue Devils’ ACC tournament opener in Charlotte. Flagg came down awkwardly on the foot of Georgia Tech’s Baye Ndongo while pulling down a rebound late in the first half.

Duke star Cooper Flagg left Thursday’s Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinal game with a left ankle injury and had to be helped to the locker room