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22 February 2012 | 2:47 pm
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22 February 2012 | 1:27 pm
Currie To Return to Mystics...
22 February 2012 | 7:51 am
Here's a nice piece about Coach P and her daughter, Maddie, who is evidently more than capable of charting her own course.
22 February 2012 | 2:16 am
Coach P's Book Now on Sale...
21 February 2012 | 2:31 pm
GoDuke the Magazine Article...
21 February 2012 | 9:36 am
Hopes for an undefeated season by the women ended at the hands of Maryland Sunday, as the Terps nipped Duke 63-61. Elizabeth Williams had a sensational game with 19 points, seven boards and three blocks.
20 February 2012 | 2:03 am
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19 February 2012 | 6:07 pm
It had been nearly a year since Duke's previous Atlantic Coast Conference loss, and coach Joanne McCallie didn't feel the need to lament the occasion. After No. 5 Duke fell to eighth-ranked Maryland 63-61 on Sunday, McCallie was more focused on making sure the loss wouldn't linger longer than a single day.
19 February 2012 | 5:31 pm
Before leading her team against fifth-ranked Duke, Maryland coach Brenda Frese was honored for earning her 300th career victory earlier in the week. No. 301 was far sweeter. "It's a no-brainer. There's nothing better than beating Duke," Frese declared Sunday, minutes after the No. 8 Terrapins pinned a 63-61 defeat on the Blue Devils before an appreciative crowd of 15,150.
19 February 2012 | 5:01 pm
Sophomore Richa Jackson will miss the rest of the 2011-12 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee, the team announced today. Jackson suffered the injury in the Blue Devils’ game Wednesday against Virginia Tech. “We all feel so badly for Richa,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said in a press release. [...]...
17 February 2012 | 9:21 am
Duke beat Virginia Tech 67-45, but may have lost Richa Jackson for a while: the forward injured her knee and the early sentiment is that it's bad.
16 February 2012 | 2:12 am
Aerial Wilson's strong start gave Virginia Tech an early lead. She just couldn't get help her team hold on to it. Wilson scored 15 of her 19 points in the first half of the Hokies' 67-45 loss at No. 5 Duke on Wednesday night. Wilson started the game 4 for 6 from the floor, including 3 for 3 on 3-pointers, but was 4 for 21 the rest of the way.
15 February 2012 | 10:20 pm
Duke got another win while losing another player as well. Tricia Liston scored 17 points to help the No. 5 Blue Devils beat Virginia Tech 67-45 on Wednesday night. Chelsea Gray added 15 points for the Blue Devils (22-3, 13-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who lost starting forward Richa Jackson to a left knee injury in the first half.
15 February 2012 | 9:37 pm
Duke women continue to roll, beating Florida State 67-57. Haley Peters had 18 while Elizabeth Williams had 13 and Shay Selby 11.
13 February 2012 | 2:11 am
Duke made the tough shots that Florida State didn't, and that was enough for the fifth-ranked Blue Devils to stay undefeated in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Haley Peters scored 18 points Sunday to lead the Blue Devils over the Seminoles 67-57. And Peters got most them against Florida State's 6-3 Natasha Howard.
12 February 2012 | 5:49 pm
Florida State dropped to .500 with its sixth loss in nine games and is in danger of missing the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2004. Alexa Deluzio scored 18 points -- surpassing the 1,000-point mark for her career -- and Natasha Howard added 14 points, seven rebounds and three blocks. But Florida State fell behind by 19 points in the second half and No.
12 February 2012 | 3:55 pm
Maybe it's something in the water: with Duke in crisis against lowly BC, Chelsea Gray ran off eight of Duke's last 10 points in the last three minutes. Here's more from GoDuke.com.
10 February 2012 | 2:11 am
Chelsea Gray went into her three-minute offense and helped No. 5 Duke avoid a shocking, last-minute upset. With the Blue Devils leading 61-60, Gray scored eight of their last 10 points in that span and they beat Boston College 71-62 on Thursday night. Going into the game, the sophomore guard had 37 of the 116 points Duke scored in the last three minutes this season.
9 February 2012 | 9:54 pm
In Boston College's season filled with lopsided conference losses, the Eagles finally have something positive to focus on despite suffering their school-record 11th straight defeat. In what looked like it could be a huge mismatch, the Eagles took No. 5 Duke to the wire before falling 71-62 on Thursday night.
9 February 2012 | 9:24 pm
Duke sophomore guard Chelsea Gray is one of 20 players named to the United States Basketball Writers Association midseason player of the year watch list, the organization announced today. Gray is averaging 11.0 points—making 38.9 percent of her attempts from beyond the arc—6.3 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game. She also sports a 2.1 assist-to-turnover [...]...
9 February 2012 | 12:24 pm
Duke had a thorough romp over UNC, winning by 40, 96-56.
7 February 2012 | 1:48 am
Duke beat Wake Forest for the 37th straight time Thursday, winning 75-43. Haley Peters and Richa Jackson both had double-doubles, with Peters getting 18 and 11 and Jackson 11 and 11. With the win, Duke moves to 18-3 and 9-0 in the ACC. Here's more from GoDuke.com.
3 February 2012 | 1:09 am
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2 February 2012 | 10:45 pm
Inviting the Connecticut women to visit is a little like hosting the Mongol Horde: there's a good chance your village is going to get torched.
30 January 2012 | 11:35 pm
Last season, UConn knocked Duke out of the NCAA tournament in the Elite Eight. The Blue Devils will get their chance to avenge that loss as they take the court Monday night at 7 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium against the Huskies. Projected Starters No. 3 Connecticut (19-2): Stefanie Dolson, Tiffany Hayes, Caroline Doty, Bria [...]...
30 January 2012 | 4:26 pm
The great mountain in women's basketball is UConn: you've got to over it, through it or around it to get where you're going.
30 January 2012 | 9:39 am
Duke put the wood to Clemson on Friday, winning 81-37 and holding Clemson to 14-51 from the floor for 37%. Here's more from GoDuke.com.
28 January 2012 | 1:38 am
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22 January 2012 | 10:02 pm
DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke Blue Devils defeated the Maryland Terrapins 80-72 and in the process remain atop the ACC with a 7-0 record while pushing their season record to 16-2. This was quite simply a very competitive and well played game where neither team missed a free throw and there were by 19 turnovers [...]...
22 January 2012 | 5:55 pm
Duke forced Florida State into 25 turnovers—a season-high for the Seminoles—to secure a win and remain atop the ACC. Fueled by Tricia Liston’s fourth 20-point game of the season, as well as double digit point totals from Elizabeth Williams and Chelsea Gray, the Blue Devils (13-2, 4-0 in the ACC) pulled away late for a [...]...
13 January 2012 | 9:38 pm
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8 January 2012 | 6:17 pm
After appearing in eight of Duke’s first ten games, forward Amber Henson did not play in either of the last two contests and now will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing knee surgery Friday morning. The surgery, performed at the Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center, will stabilize Henson’s right patella, which has bothered the [...]...
6 January 2012 | 1:49 pm
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2 January 2012 | 8:42 pm
This season’s Duke Women’s Basketball team will be one of the least experienced groups Coach McCallie has had at Duke. Despite that youth, the Sporting News have the Blue Devils ranked sixth nationally, and all other preview publications have Duke firmly in the nation’s top ten. Those expectations come from having a very talented roster and [...]...
15 September 2011 | 10:56 am
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Both Duke women’s basketball signees — Elizabeth Williams and Amber Henson — each scored double-figure points in the WBCA All-America game over the weekend in Indianapolis, Ind., at the NCAA Final Four. Williams was named MVP of the Red Team, which fell, 83-73, to the White Team. A product of Virginia Beach, [...]...
5 April 2011 | 11:33 am
Photos by Rick Crank for BDN. Click on the first thumbnail to see a slide show with larger images.
23 March 2011 | 8:49 am
Duke rolled past Tennessee-Martin by a score of 90-45 in their NCAA Tournament opener. Photos by Rick Crank for BDN. We have managed to be in two places at once today. Click on the first thumbnail to see a slide show with larger images. Box Score...
19 March 2011 | 4:16 pm
Photos courtesy of Lance King of Lance Images Click on the first thumbnail to see a slide show with full-size images.
7 March 2011 | 10:27 am
GREENSBORO – The Duke Women’s team defeated arch rival North Carolina today and BDN was on the scene as they had a bit of fun.
6 March 2011 | 7:16 pm
GREENSBORO – The Duke Blue Devils rolled past North Carolina to win their second consecutive ACC Tournament Championship by a score of 81-66 on Sunday afternoon in Greensboro. Duke was led by tournament MVP Jasmine Thomas who scored 21 points and she was helped by fellow senior Karima Christmas who had 13 points and 9 [...]...
6 March 2011 | 4:25 pm
GREENSBORO – The Duke Blue Devils are headed to the ACC Tournament Championship game with74-66 a victory over a pesky Georgia Tech team. The Blue Devils dominated the paint area outscoring the Yellow Jackets by a 28-16 margin in the paint. The Yellow Jackets cut a large Duke lead down to 2 with 7:10 left, [...]...
5 March 2011 | 3:18 pm
The Duke Women earned a share of the ACC Regular Season Championship with a 66-58 victory over arch rival North Carolina before a sold out crowd in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The win pushed the Blue Devils overall record to 26-3 going into this weeks Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. While this would not [...]...
27 February 2011 | 11:39 pm
