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The awards keep piling up for Duke.
The ACC regular season champions were represented by Jasmine Thomas and Joy Cheek on the All-ACC teams, Allison Vernerey on the freshman team and Keturah Jackson as an all-Defensive selection. To top all that, head coach Joanne P. McCallie was named ACC Coach of the Year in her third [...]
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FINAL: Duke 71, Maryland 59:
This is a quality win for Joanne P. McCallie’s squad on a night when it looked like the Blue Devils weren’t too interested in playing defense. Perhaps it was fatigue from the Georgia Tech game just two days ago, but Duke never looked quite as sharp as usual today against the [...]
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Duke 79, UNC 51 — FINAL
The Blue Devils played nearly a perfect ballgame defensively, and Joanne P. McCallie must be exhilarated with the performance her players put on for all 40 minutes. A staunch Duke defense held UNC to just 18 second half points, and the Blue Devils, now 7-1 in the ACC, have a [...]
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Duke 69, Virginia Tech 38, Final: In the end, turnovers proved to be the difference in this game, as the Blue Devils only committed four in the second half, while the Hokies put up 13. The Blue Devils racked up an impressive 28 points off those takeaways and dominated the paint as well, outscoring Tech [...]
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Stanford 71-55, END OF GAME: That’s a wrap from Palo Alto as the Blue Devils drop to 7-2.
Stanford 65-50, SECOND HALF 3:15 remaining: That comeback was fun while it lasted. Ogwumike hit two free throws to give the Cardinal a double-digit lead once more and got a putback on the next possession. After that, Selby’s [...]
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After the No. 7 Blue Devils convincingly defeated then-No. 3 Ohio State Thursday and came back from 14 down to beat USC Sunday, Duke was rewarded with a clean sweep in ACC Player and Rookie of the Week voting.
Jasmine Thomas was the unanimous pick for Player of the Week. After recording the third triple-double in [...]
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Duke 81, Ohio State 64, 1:07 second half: Put this one in the books. Duke will pick up a major resume-building win tonight behind a career night from Jasmine Thomas, who has eclipsed her previous scoring high of 26 with 29 in this contest. She made tough baskets in the clutch and accelerated through contact [...]
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The Blue Devils face Western Kentucky Thursday in their first game of the “Caribbean Challenge” in Cancun, Mexico. The Lady Toppers have started off their season with a perfect 3-0 record, and have outscored their opponents by an average of 10.3 points. In addition, they boast an outstanding performance from their junior guard Amy McNear, [...]
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POSTGAME: Suzy Merchant on her team’s home-court advantage: “I certainly think it made a huge difference for us.”
Michigan State 63, Duke 49, FINAL: The last shot of Chante Black’s illustrious career at Duke was a 3 that didn’t hit the rim. What a sad way to go out. Michigan State fans are storming the court [...]
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Duke 83, Austin Peay 42, FINAL: And that’s the ballgame. Black led all scorers (as I predicted) with 14 points. In fact, 11 players scored for Duke, and all had at least 12 minutes of playing time.
The Blue Devils shot 49.2 percent from the floor, compared to Austin Peay’s 24.1 percent. They had 39 rebounds [...]
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