Duke's Grayson Allen trips FSU's Xavier Rathan-Mayes at end of win

ByABC News
February 25, 2016, 11:31 PM

— -- Grayson Allen, who is on pace to become the ninth player in Duke history to lead the team in scoring and assists , appeared to intentionally trip Florida State's Xavier Rathan-Mayes during the Blue Devils' 80-65 win on Thursday night, marking the second time Allen has tripped an opponent in the past month.

Allen, in video of the game broadcast, is seen outstretching his left foot backward near midcourt as Rathan-Mayes begins to break downcourt behind him in the game's final seconds. Rathan-Mayes then runs into Allen's leg and stumbles to the court.

"He wanted to keep playing physical," Allen said, according to the Fayetteville Observer. "So I tried to walk away from it as he was grabbing me. We ended up tangling up and falling."

Allen tripped a Louisville player in a win over the Cardinals on Feb. 8 and was whistled for a flagrant foul.

Allen was not called for a foul Thursday.

"It was nothing," Allen said, according to the Fayetteville newspaper.

Information from The Associated Press and ESPN's CL Brown was used in this report.