Jaylen Blakes, a former three-year Duke basketball guard and graduate before transferring to Stanford for his final college campaign, entered his return to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday averaging a career-high 14.5 points per game, over seven times higher than what he posted for the 2023-24 Blue Devils.

A week after losing at Clemson, Duke's 106-70 rout of Stanford is proof that the third-ranked Blue Devils learned from their mistakes and are back on track.

Coming off its first ACC loss of the season, a 77-71 setback at Clemson, No. 3 Duke shut down cold-shooting Cal and rolled to an easy win.