Duke women's basketball goes cold in road loss to Villanova
(11/19/17 7:58pm)
VILLANOVA, Pa.—Against a stout Villanova defense, the Blue Devils struggled to generate any offensive consistency in an upset loss.
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VILLANOVA, Pa.—Against a stout Villanova defense, the Blue Devils struggled to generate any offensive consistency in an upset loss.
Great things come to those who wait, so the cliché goes.
Jack White
Lexie Brown
Heading into Saturday’s contest, Virginia Tech appears to be going in the opposite direction as the Blue Devils.
2016-17 record: 16-17, 4-14 in the ACC
Overall record: 16-17, 6-12 in the MVC
In a game expected to be high-scoring and loaded with offense, Saturday’s first-half between Pittsburgh and Duke has been everything but.
Three games, three losses by a touchdown.
The Blue Devils saved the best for last.
Duke's offense has ground to a halt, and so has its early season run of perfection with two straight losses. With preseason No. 3 Florida State coming to Wallace Wade Stadium, it will need to pick up its play—in a hurry. Here are three keys to Saturday’s contest:
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details—and numbers.
After a convincing home debut pushed the Blue Devils up two spots in the rankings, No. 2 Duke will look to build on its dominance last weekend in its third game at home.
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details—and numbers.
When Duke and Northwestern met last year, signs of a disappointing season for the Blue Devils were already starting to accumulate after a loss to Wake Forest. Those inconsistencies—turnovers, poor kicking, a stagnant offense—materialized further in a second straight setback for Duke.
Following a dominant victory against one of the nation’s strongest programs, the Blue Devils had every reason to be confident heading into Sunday morning’s clash with Northwestern.
The Blue Devils flashed their potential by outscoring then-No 18 North Carolina 11-2 after a slow start en route to their first ACC win Sunday, with all facets coming together for a young but extremely talented group in Chapel Hill.
With Duke and North Carolina entering their annual showdown both outside the top 10 for the first time in five years, the two rivals are hungry for a critical ACC win this weekend.
Two All-American performances were added to the list of accolades earned by the Blue Devils this season at the men’s and women’s NCAA championships.
Despite being down by as many as 12 points in the second half, the No. 14 Blue Devils stormed into the semifinals of the ACC tournament Thursday afternoon at the Barclays Center with an 81-77 victory against No. 10 Louisville. In a back-and-forth affair, Duke capitalized on a late 15-3 run to level the score before pulling away in the last four minutes. The Blue Devils now face No. 6 North Carolina in the teams' third matchup of the season after the Tar Heels easily dispatched Miami 78-53 earlier Thursday.