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This week, The Blue Zone will be counting down the top five Duke basketball individual performances of the year. After Seth Curry's Sweet 16 performance against Michigan State, we have Quinn Cook's game against Louisville in the Battle 4 Atlantis final.
Duke 68, Oklahoma State 59 (FINAL): Haley Peters sinks a three for the Blue Devils with just two minutes remaining in the game. She then goes down to pick up a defensive rebound for the squad. The Blue Devils have taken the game away from the Cowgirls in the last few minutes of regulation. Duke wins.
Duke 98, N.C. State 85 (final): The Blue Devils seem to feel comfortable in the last three or so minutes of the game, forcing the Wolfpack to play with their speed and style. N.C. State is pressuring the Blue Devils with a full-court press in the last few minutes in attempt to get the ball back--they are really playing with reckless abandon at this point. State has been really cold from the free-throw line which sure it taking some pressure off the Blue Devils. Scott Wood helped keep the Wolfpack in the game in the last minute or so, sinking a three to cut the Duke lead to eight. N.C. State's relentless press forced Duke to call a timeout with 1:07 to go in the game. "Our house" yell the Crazies as Mason Plumlee slams home a jam with 23 seconds to go and gets fouled and makes the free-throw. Blue Devils win.
No. 5 Duke travels to Wake Forest tonight to try to win their first road game of the season. The last time these two teams met, the Blue Devils came out victorious, defeating the Demon Deacons 80-62. Here are your three keys to the game to get you prepared for the 8:00 tip off.
Duke, 73; Ga Tech 57 (Final)
In the week leading up to Duke basketball’s first game of the season Friday against Georgia State, The Blue Zone will preview all the expected contributors on this 2012-2013 squad, beginning with the freshman Monday and ending with the seniors Friday.
Offense:
It was the fall of my junior year of college, and I could no longer flaunt my Duke lacrosse backpack around campus, my Duke Card would no longer swipe into the K Center and weirdest of all, I would no longer be defined as a varsity athlete. Ever since I was a little kid, I was passionate about sports and lived for athletic competition. I was a jock and the token tomboy who played soccer at recess with all the boys while the girls played patty-cake. I had been playing lacrosse for the majority of my life—since the first grade—so I had no idea what life would be like without it.
Short-handed and amid a two-match losing skid, No. 11 Duke will look to finish off the regular season on a winning note when it travels to Maryland Friday and Boston College Saturday.
The Blue Devils’ injury-laden squad will start off Wednesday’s match with a severe disadvantage to the No. 1 team in the nation, North Carolina (21-2, 7-1 in the ACC). For its fourth match in a row, Duke (14-6, 5-3) will be forced to concede one doubles match and a singles point off the bat since they only have five healthy players to take the court.
Matching the Durham weather all week, the Blue Devils came out ablaze against Miami Sunday, not allowing the Hurricanes to win a single set in the match.
After recording two convincing road wins last weekend at Clemson and Georgia Tech, the No. 9 Blue Devils (18-4, 6-1 in the ACC) return home Sunday to take on Sunshine State foe Miami (13-8, 2-4). Sunday’s match marks one of Duke’s last three regular-season contests before the ACC Tournament in two weeks.
The No. 9 Blue Devils moved down the Atlantic Coast on a mission, conceding just two points in their two matches against No. 19 Clemson and Georgia Tech. Duke (18-4, 6-1 in the ACC) downed the Tigers (14-4, 3-2) 7-0 Friday and beat the Yellow Jackets (8-12, 1-6) 5-2 Sunday.
The Blue Devils were led by two youngsters and a veteran in its seventh-place finish at the Aggie Invitational this past weekend in Bryan, Texas. The competition was fierce in a field that featured 11 other top-50 teams.
After a comeback win against Virginia and a decisive victory against Virginia Tech last weekend, the No. 6 Blue Devils (14-3, 4-0 in the ACC) look to continue their upward momentum when they take on southern foes Georgia Tech (9-6, 3-2) Saturday and Clemson (9-5, 4-1) Sunday at Ambler Tennis Stadium.
Blue Devil junior Laetitia Beck continued to move up the leaderboard throughout the duration of the three-day tournament, ultimately landing tied for seventh place as she paced Duke for a ninth-place finish overall at the Bryan National Collegiate tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
Hopefully the Florida State Seminoles will bring the sunshine with them when they travel up the Atlantic Coast to take on the Blue Devils Saturday at 11 a.m. at Ambler Tennis Stadium in Duke’s second home outdoor match this season.
After missing last year’s NCAA tournament due to suspension, Blue Devil junior Chloe Wells came out to make the best of another shot at an NCAA title. When Duke trailed Oklahoma State by 13 at the half, Wells took it upon herself to step up and make a change. She did not want to see another season cut short; rather, she wanted to take care of the Cowgirls in order to advance to the Sweet 16 in Norfolk, Va.
A quadruplet of Blue Devils made the trip to San Antonio, Texas for the 2013 NCAA Fencing Championships, together earning Duke a 12th-place finish out of the 25 competing teams.
As first-year head coach Glen Lanham works to rebuild Duke’s wrestling program, two key building blocks have qualified early in their careers to participate in the NCAA Championships Thursday and Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. Sophomore Brandon Gambucci and redshirt freshman Conner Hartmann earned berths to represent Duke in the 133-pound and 197-pound divisions, respectively.
