Top-ranked Duke has ruled out Cooper Flagg and Maliq Brown for Friday night's game against rival North Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament because of injuries.The team announced the status for each player a little less than two hours before tipoff of their semifinal matchup with the rival Tar Heels.

Duke basketball's Maliq Brown, one of the Blue Devils' best defenders, was injured vs. Georgia Tech. Here's what we know.

The Duke basketball team opened up their ACC Tournament run against Georgia Tech on Thursday, and the first half of the game has not gone to plan for the Blue Devils. Georgia Tech led by as many as 14 points in the first half, and the injury bug has hit Duke. Star freshman Cooper Flagg and forward Maliq Brown both went down with injuries.