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The Blue Devils entered their spring season with an incredibly balanced lineup—four Duke regulars are averaging between 71.6 and 71.9 strokes per round.
Rebecca Greenwell
In the second quarter against Duke’s archrival, Lexie Brown found herself in an unfamiliar place—seated on the bench.
Last time Duke took on its struggling rival in January, it had to find a way to prevail to win without its two best players—Rebecca Greenwell and Lexie Brown. With the Tar Heels limiting the duo to 8-of-27 shooting from the field, Duke had to lean on its role players to pull out a 12-point home win as its offensive development continued.
Lexie Brown
For more than a half, No. 16 Miami kept the Blue Devils under wraps with their fullcourt pressure, keeping Duke from pulling away in the first half.
After his first three college tournaments, Chandler Eaton had shot 75 or worse five times.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.— Early in the year, the Blue Devils’ offensive execution routinely failed to make the trip on the road this season.
Rebecca Greenwell
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Lexie Brown and Rebecca Greenwell entered Sunday as the second-highest scoring tandem in the ACC, but their sharpshooting has rarely coincided this season.
Lexie Brown
After a rough 1-3 stretch that included 34-6 and 25-11 drubbings at the hands of N.C. State and Appalachian State in the midst of a disappointing season, Duke put itself in a position to shock the wrestling world.
Led by surging ACC Player of the Week Lexie Brown, the Blue Devils seem to be peaking at the right time heading into the heart of conference play. Before earning a commanding road win against Boston College Sunday, Duke notched its fourth victory against a top-20 team, dispatching then-No. 17 Virginia Tech Thursday.
Although the Blue Devils initially expected to add depth in the backcourt about midway through the season, they will have to make do with their current crop of guards as they look to contend for an ACC regular-season title.
Lexie Brown
Efficient offense helped the Blue Devils jump out to a 14-1 start this year, erase last year's disappointment after missing the NCAA tournament and climb into the top 15 nationally despite starting 2016-17 unranked.
After graduate student forward Amile Jefferson went down in the first half with a bone bruise on his right foot Saturday against Boston College, the No. 7 Blue Devils will travel to Tallahassee, Fla., to take on surging No. 9 Florida State, winners of 11 straight, Thursday night at the Donald L. Tucker Center. Duke will have to improve its defense in Jefferson’s absence, which faltered in the second half against the lowly Eagles. The Blue Zone takes a look at a player from each team who could be the difference-maker in the game:
Duke star guard Rebecca Greenwell may call Kentucky her home state, but her home state’s team has not been to kind to her on the basketball court. The Owensboro, Ky., native scored just one point in a loss to Kentucky last season, and went more than a quarter and a half without scoring Thursday night.
Lexie Brown
With the end of 2016 quickly approaching, The Chronicle's sports department takes a look back at the biggest sports stories of the year. Each day, The Blue Zone will review a major game, event or storyline that helped shape the course of the year in Blue Devil athletics.
