Cooper Flagg plays through eye injury in Duke's win over Florida State

"He was beat up and scratched up," Flagg's teammate Sion James said. "Cooper is one of the toughest guys I've ever played with. I trusted that if he was all right, he'd be back. He was back and better than ever."

Duke head coach Jon Scheyer described the injury as a bruised eyelid.

"As a basketball player, you don't think about injuring your eye," Scheyer said. "That doesn't cross your mind. I had never seen him look scared. I thought he was scared at first, rightfully so, because you don't know how serious or permanent. . . . I was really nervous about him."

Scheyer added that Flagg had some "vision issues," which prolonged his return to the floor. Flagg wasn't made available to speak to reporters after the game.

The Blue Devils have two games left on their regular-season schedule. They will play Wake Forest on Monday and head to North Carolina on Saturday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.