Scary scene at Duke unfolding, unconscious fan carried from stands during NC State game

A fan passed out in the stands during the second half of Duke‘s home game vs. NC State on Monday night.

The game was halted with 3:30 left in the second half when a group of security guards huddled to the first few rows of the student section. The fan, who appeared to still be unconscious, was pulled out of the stands by the security and a group of them rushed her off the court.

Watch the scary incident below:

Scary scene at Duke as a student appears to have fallen unconscious and is carried out of the stands. pic.twitter.com/zorOptyLzv

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The scary incident happened just after the game was previously stopped because Duke freshman Khaman Maluach threw up on the floor on the baseline. Maluach was taken to the locker room after getting sick, and it took several minutes for the crew to clean the court.

All this occurred while Duke and NC State were in a tightly-contested matchup late in the second half.

Duke would go on to win the matchup 74-64 after a late flurry, having outscored the Wolfpack 41-27 in the final 20 minutes. That came after NC State took a 37-33 lead over the Blue Devils into halftime.

Naturally, Duke was led by the 28-point performance from star freshman Cooper Flagg. He scored 28 points with seven rounds and three assists on 8 of 17 shooting. He was helped by fellow freshman Kon Knueppel‘s 19 points. Sion James was the only other Blue Devil to score in double figures on the night as Maluach finished with four points and eight boards. He did not return after getting sick.

The win improves Duke to 18-2 on the season and extends their win streak to 14. It also improved the Blue Devils to 10-0 in conference play, and they continue to sit alone atop the ACC standings.

Game paused following Khaman Maluach puking on floor, leaves to locker room

Duke is in the heat of battle with an in-state opponent, NC State, on Monday. Jon Scheyer‘s team is currently up 63-62 with just over four minutes remaining but there has been a delay on the court. Cameron Indoor staff is having to clean up Khaman Maluach got sick.

Nobody was standing too close to Maluach when the moment occurred. Cooper Flagg was driving to the basket but Maluach had to remove himself from the play. He was off to the side, throwing up just on the baseline.

Duke’s big man then had to sit down before trainers attended to him. As the cleaning process took place, the ESPN broadcast showed Maluach going back to the locker room.

On3’s Griffin McVeigh contributed to this report.