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Duke guard Rebecca Greenwell grew up less than three hours away from Lexington, Ky., and though Sunday's showdown with unbeaten No. 8 Kentucky will not be her first time traveling to Rupp Arena as a Blue Devil, it will be her first time taking the court.
Azurá Stevens and Rebecca Greenwell were recognized as two of the top 50 players in the nation last week with their selection to the Naismith Trophy Watch List, but are looking to bounce back from dismal shooting performances in Columbia, S.C.
Azurá Stevens
All the Blue Devils needed was a trip to one of the world’s most popular vacation spots to forget about their problems of the prior week.
After taking home the 2K Classic trophy Sunday against Georgetown in an 86-84 victory, No. 6 Duke will look to extend its NCAA-best 118-game non-conference home win streak Wednesday against Yale. The Blue Devils (4-1) have won their last two games heading into the matchup with the Bulldogs (3-1), who will be looking to bounce-back from a heart-breaking loss to No. 25 Southern Methodist Sunday. The Blue Zone takes a look at one player from each team who could be the difference in the game:
What a difference the halftime break makes for the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils dropped their fourth consecutive game Saturday afternoon, falling to Virginia 42-34 despite an encouraging fourth quarter comeback effort. Heading into the fourth quarter down by three scores, backup quarterback Parker Boehme rallied the team, but a potential game-tying drive was halted on Virginia’s six-yard line. With the loss, the Blue Devils fell to 3-4 in the ACC and will look to finish regular season play on a high note against Wake Forest next weekend.
After an uninspiring season opening effort, Duke wanted to come out stronger at home. And behind their star players, the Blue Devils did just that.
PHILADELPHIA—After struggling for the first three quarters, the Blue Devils found their footing when it mattered most led by their star forward.
With the start of the season just a couple days away, the Chronicle's women's basketball beat writers take a look at some of the big questions facing the Blue Devils as they get set to begin the regular season.
Amber Henson
After suffering a heartbreaking loss last Saturday, Duke was dominated from the opening kick in a 66-31 loss in its annual Tobacco Road rivalry game against North Carolina. The Blue Devils gave up 704 yards of total offense to the Tar Heels and fell behind by 28 points at halftime en route to the crushing defeat. With the loss, Duke fell to 6-3 on the season and 3-2 in the ACC and no longer controls its destiny in the ACC Coastal Division.
Lyneé Belton
It is finally time for the members of the top-ranked recruiting class in the nation to show everyone what they are made of.
Heather Morris knew that Duke could not afford a second consecutive heart-breaking overtime loss. So in the 73rd minute, when the opportunity presented itself, Morris seized the moment to give the Blue Devils the lead for good.
With the influx of talent coming from the top-ranked recruiting class in the nation, Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie will have plenty of opportunities to vary her lineups, and the Blue Devils plan to take advantage of every opportunity they can get.
Bryant Bulldogs
Following the team’s introduction at last weekend’s Countdown to Craziness, Duke hosted its annual Blue-White scrimmage at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday afternoon. For the first time, the scrimmage featured four 10-minute quarters, with the team playing among themselves for the first three quarters, and teaming up against the scout squad for the final quarter. Returning starters Amber Henson and Rebecca Greenwell and junior transfer Lexie Brown impressed right from the opening tip for their respective teams. The White team surged to a quick 7-2 lead, but the Blue squad came back to win the first quarter 15-14. The White team battled in a sloppy second quarter to win 32-29, and continued on to win a closely-contested third quarter 52-50. Returners Mercedes Riggs, Kendall Cooper, Lyneé Belton and freshman Angela Salvadores were held out of the game with injuries.
After a week to recover and learn from its most recent setback, Duke will look to climb back above .500 in conference play against its Triangle rivals.
Duke came up short in its quest to unseat the top-ranked team in the nation. The Blue Devil offense turned the game around late in the second half, but could not find the equalizer and came away empty-handed.
