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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Duke came away from its loss to Notre Dame with several lessons.Every possession is coveted on the road. ACC teams will get up from a punch and throw one of their own. Winning a road conference game takes a total team effort.The No. 16 Blue Devils will try to use these lessons as a recipe for success Saturday at 2 p.m., when Duke heads back onto the road to face Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum. Playing their first road game since an upset loss in South Bend Jan. 4, the Blue Devils are still learning the keys to winning in the ACC's most hostile environments.“We just didn’t play well, plain and simple, and Notre Dame
played better," Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel said. "And even with that, we were still in a position where we had a
chance to win the game. If anything, I think it shows our guys is just how
tough wins are in this league, especially on the road."Most road wins will also require a solid performance from a team's superstar. Playing the first ACC game and first true road game of his career, Jabari Parker looked like a freshman against the Fighting Irish, finishing with seven points—his first single-digit scoring performance in a Duke uniform—on 2-of-10 shooting. He was better Tuesday against Georgia Tech but still finished 4-of-12 from the field. “The big thing is moving on," Capel said. "He’s
a kid who has been through adversity with the game before. Last year as a
senior in high school he was coming off of a serious injury and his first
couple games back, he didn’t play well. He took some time and got himself
completely healthy, got himself in better shape, and he came back and finished
the year very strong.... We have no doubts
that he’ll be fine."Through his first 12 games, Parker was shooting a blistering 51.9 percent from the field. But in the last three contests, he's just 11-for-35, or 31.4 percent. The best medicine for a struggling shooter is often times just to see the ball go in the basket early in a game. But Capel said Duke (12-3, 1-1 in the ACC) won't adjust the play-calling up to get Parker some easy, open shots early—they do that already."That is the regular flow of the offense, is to try and get
him involved early and to get opportunities for him," Capel said. "He’s a guy with
versatility that you can do a lot for. He’s a huge impact on what we do, so it’s
not going to be anything done that we’ve done differently. In any game this
year, him and Rodney are our guys offensively that we go to."If Parker is to break out of his recent funk Saturday, it will have to come against a stingy Clemson defense. The Tigers (10-4, 1-1) rank first in the nation in points per game allowed, second in field-goal percentage, eighth in blocked shots and third in opposing field-goal percentage. To top it off, Clemson commits the 13th-fewest fouls in the country.
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The three keys to a Duke win over Notre Dame in the ACC Opener.
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Updated predictions and analysis from the Duke basketball beat writers following the conclusion of the Blue Devils' nonconference slate.
(12/28/13 9:18pm)
The three keys to a Duke victory over Eastern Michigan coming out of the holiday break.
(12/23/13 9:34pm)
A look at the ACC's college basketball landscape.
(12/20/13 10:12am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Behind another top-notch performance from Jabari Parker and the re-emergence of Rasheed Sulaimon, No. 8 Duke pulled away from UCLA in the second half to earn an 80-63 victory Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.Revisiting the three keys to the game:
(12/17/13 1:50am)
The keys to a Duke victory over Gardner-Webb Monday night.
(12/17/13 12:36am)
No Shake-ups at the Top
(12/09/13 9:21am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>After securing the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament from the ACC, Duke was rewarded with the opportunity to host the first two rounds of the tournament. But after beating the College of Charleston Friday on their home floor, the Blue Devils were unable to punch a ticket to the Sweet 16.No. 14 Duke saw its season come to an abrupt end, falling in straight sets to American Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. It was the second consecutive straight-set victory for the underdogs from the Patriot League after knocking off Georgia Friday night."This team has had an incredible year,” Duke head coach Jolene Nagel said. "I know that we’re all extremely disappointed that we didn't play our absolute best tonight, but American University played great defense. They did an excellent job controlling the ball, getting the ball to their hitters that they wanted."A trio of Eagle attackers led the way for American (34-2). Junior Kristyna Lindovska tallied 13 kills, senior Juliana Crum added 11 kills to go with 21 digs and junior Kelly McCaddin had 10. McCaddin, who is 6-foot-6, also had seven blocks, helping to neutralize the Duke offensive attack.The Blue Devils were held to a .110 hitting percentage, well below their season average of .246. Sophomore Emily Sklar and junior Jeme Obeime each recorded 11 kills to lead Duke—Sklar also picked up 13 digs for her 10th double-double of the season. Elizabeth Campbell added nine kills for Duke (28-5).American led the first set from start to finish, overcoming a late Duke rally to win, 25-23. The Blue Devils had to rally again in the second set, going up 21-18 before the Eagles responded with a run of their own, tying the score at 23-23 and going on to win, 26-24."Both the first two sets were very tight, and I think we made too many errors," Nagel said. "We had moments where we were flowing and communicating and controlling the ball like we’d like to, but then we’d have some stints there that we needed to get a side out a little bit sooner in order to get back some momentum on our side.”Down two sets to none, Duke came out strong in the third set but were unable to make it hold up. The Blue Devils started the set on a 9-2 run, but a dominant 15-1 response from American gave the Eagles a commanding 17-10 lead. Although Duke would make a dent in that advantage, it could not register enough stops to ground the Eagle attack, and American finished out the third set, 25-22.Duke will return the bulk of its roster next year but will lose its two captains—middle blocker Chelsea Cook and libero Ali McCurdy—to graduation. McCurdy, the ACC's all-time leader in digs, picked up 24 more Saturday, pushing her final career mark to 2,538.
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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Behind a gritty defensive effort and 24 points from junior guard Quinn Cook, No. 10 Duke earned its first win of the season against a ranked opponent Tuesday night, downing No. 22 Michigan 79-69 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Blue Devils got quality minutes from Matt Jones, Andre Dawkins and Marshall Plumlee off the bench, helping Duke find a way to win despite a concerted and often successful effort by the Wolverines to slow down Duke's two main offensive threats, Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood.Revisiting the three keys to the game:
(12/03/13 10:24am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Last year, Duke missed the postseason for the first time in eight seasons. The 11 returning members of last year's team wanted to change that.They did—in a big way. Duke won the ACC championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a five-set victory against North Carolina Friday. Sunday, the tournament field was announced, and the Blue Devils got a reward for their labor. Duke will host the first two rounds of the tournament this weekend at Cameron Indoor Stadium."The team has been very driven since we missed out [last season]," Duke head coach Jolene Nagel said. "That left a bad taste in our mouth, and it was a motivating factor for the kids that were here last year."Duke (27-4, 18-2 in the ACC) was awarded the No. 16 overall seed by the NCAA selection committee, and will face College of Charleston in the opening round of the tournament Friday at 7:30 p.m. The winner of that match will face the winner of the Georgia-American matchup Saturday night for the right to advance to the Sweet 16.Nagel said the team, which watched the announcement together Sunday night, did not celebrate the news for long. Soon after, players began pouring over the brackets in a business-like manner, looking at what they will need to do in order to make a deep postseason run.Hosting will provide the Blue Devils with a home court advantage and another chance for the team's two senior captains, Ali McCurdy and Chelsea Cook, to play in front of their home crowd after last week's Senior Day recognition. Playing at home will also allow Duke to have an easier end to the semester. Rather than miss part of the last week of classes, the Blue Devils will be able to stay at home as they gear up for finals."We're excited about getting to host this week, especially during this busy time in the classroom," Nagel said. "When we get out of the classroom onto the court, that's kind of therapy for them. We feel like we've been rewarded, but now we've got to make the most of it."Duke will enter postseason play riding a wave of confidence, having defeated its two major in-state rivals within the last week.College of Charleston (25-5, 13-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association) won the CAA title in its first year competing in the conference after making the switch from the Southern Conference. The Cougars will not be entirely unfamiliar to the Blue Devils, thanks to some interaction on the club circuit in high school. Redshirt senior outside hitter Darcy Dorton leads the Cougars in kills with 386 on the season."They're going to be a team to be reckoned with," Nagel said. "They're well-coached and they're hungry."
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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>When the AP rankings were released Monday afternoon, Duke found itself slotted at No. 10, barely stretching its run of consecutive appearances in the top 10 to 118 weeks. Tuesday night, the Blue Devils will attempt to continue another lengthy streak.In a battle of the only two-loss teams in the AP top 25, Duke will play host to No. 22 Michigan at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the 15th installment of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, seeking its 107th consecutive nonconference home win.Freshman Jabari Parker and redshirt sophomore Rodney Hood will carry the offensive load for much of the season. The formula for beating a ranked opponent—something Duke is yet to do this season—calls for a more balanced scoring attack. Although he ended up with 19 points, Parker endured the first rough shooting night of his Duke career Friday night in a 72-66 loss to then-No. 4 Arizona. Parker was just 7-for-21 from the field, and apart from from Rodney Hood —who finished with 21 points—his teammates were unable to pick up the slack. In Duke's other loss this season against then-No. 5 Kansas, Parker was magnificent while Hood struggled."We put ourselves in a position to win, we've got to figure out how to finish those games and make the big plays at the right times," Duke associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. "We need guys to step up. We're getting some outstanding production from both Jabari and Rodney, and I think Quinn [Cook] has done a good job as the third guy, but I think we need to get production from other places."During its four-game homestand prior to heading to New York for the final rounds of the NIT Season Tip-off last week, the Blue Devil offense lit up the scoreboard, averaging 90.5 points per game. But just before leaving for the Big Apple, the Blue Devils (6-2) surrendered 90 points—50 of them in the paint—to an offensively-challenged Vermont team, squeaking out a one-point victory. Duke appeared to get some things ironed out on the defensive end at Madison Square Garden, but the offense came back to earth, at times sputtering against the athleticism of Alabama and Arizona.The defensive resurgence was led by the insertion of senior captains Tyler Thornton and Josh Hairston into the starting lineup, which Wojciechowski said gives Duke better communication and heightened intensity, intangibles that don't show up in the boxscore."Tyler and Josh are two of our better fighters, so right away when they're on the court we're a more competitive team in terms of attitude and a sense of urgency," Wojciechowski said. "Our guys were locked in. Not just relying on outscoring people, which was a mindset that we might have had at times earlier in the season, [making] a concerted effort to defend."Coming off last season's trip to the national championship game, the Wolverines (5-2) haven't always played up to their potential this season. Sophomore forward Mitch McGary headlines an imposing Michigan frontcourt, but has been limited early this season as he works back to full strength following preseason back surgery.Despite reduced minutes, McGary has been an efficient force in the paint, averaging 8.2 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest. Wojciechowski lauded McGary's motor and ability to will plays on the court, as well as the forward's versatility to shoot, pass and dribble at 6-foot-10.The Wolverines also have potent scoring threats on the wings, despite losing the explosive backcourt duo of Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway, Jr. to the NBA. Sophomore Caris LeVert has filled in for the departed Hardaway, Jr., averaging 13.9 points per game. Classmate Nik Stauskas has stepped up his scoring load, leading Michigan at 20.3 points per contest and shooting a 47.4-percent clip from beyond the arc."He's a very tough cover, he's an outstanding 3-point shooter, and he can put the ball on the floor, create and make plays," Wojciechowski said of Stauskas. "He'll be one of our toughest assignments of the entire year."Duke will also be severely undersized at the guard positions—Stauskas, LeVert and freshman Zak Irvin are all 6-foot-6, and swingman Glenn Robinson III is 6-foot-6 as well.Michigan's size will present some challenges for Duke's defense, especially in rebounding and contesting outside shots. In their two other meetings with top-25 opponents this season—losses to the Jayhawks and Wildcats—the Blue Devils lost the battle on the glass by a combined 23 rebounds. The Wolverines average 40 rebounds per game, so Duke will have to turn a solid team effort on the glass to prevent second-chance opportunities.The coaching staff was satisfied with Duke's rebounding efforts against a pair of athletic teams in New York, but saw room for improvement heading into a showdown with a physical Big Ten squad."Michigan is an outstanding rebounding team, so we will continue to emphasize that we need to get better at [defensive rebounding]," Wojciechowski said. "That doesn't fall on any one person's shoulders, we just need to become a better team-rebounding team. That's what we're working on."
(11/30/13 9:38am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Duke was 13 seconds away from heading to the locker room tied. Instead, a late first-half goal for Virginia Tech dealt the Blue Devils a blow from which they would never fully recover.The top-seeded Hokies tacked on two more goals in the second half, defeating Duke 3-0 in an Elite Eight matchup Friday in Blacksburg, Va., to advance to the NCAA semifinals. The loss marked the second consecutive season that the Blue Devils have fallen one win short of the College Cup."The whole game completely changed on the goal with 13 seconds left," Duke head coach Robbie Church said. "I thought we were playing really well. We knocked a couple off the post. I think two things happened. When we got the ball, we got nothing out of our attacks, we were getting off the post, off the crossbar. When you get good opportunities you've got to finish in this game."The goal by Virginia Tech's Katie Yensen late in the first half put Duke in a position it hadn't faced all NCAA tournament: a deficit. But more important than the 1-0 flashing on the scoreboard was its timing."I think we were angry, we were like 'Thirteen seconds, really?'" Blue Devil goalkeeper Meghan Thomas said. "Our mindset definitely changed. It's different going to half in 0-0 or up 1-0. Going in down 1-0, it's hard, especially in an Elite Eight game where goals are hard to come by."After playing a strong 44:47 of first-half soccer, Church said he felt as though the goal toyed with the team's psyche and affected their play in the second half."We could feel it in the locker room as coaches, it was hard to get everybody back [mentally]," Church said. "A lot of people were thinking about how it broke down and what happened to break it down. Virginia Tech, like any good team, they knew we would be thinking about that at halftime, they knew how important that goal was. [In the second half] we were still thinking about it, our reactions were slower, and they just came at us in waves in the second half." With a second-half lead, many teams might be content to put defenders behind the ball and clog up Duke's chances of evening the score. Virginia Tech had no such ideas, applying more pressure to the Blue Devil defense. The Hokies controlled the ball for much of the second half—when Duke (9-9-6) was able to gain possession, it struggled to keep it and string together enough passes to mount a comeback bid.Needing to score to stay alive, Church tried to change up the Duke formation, but the only goals that came were for the Hokies (19-4-3). Shannon Mayrose upped the Virginia Tech lead to 2-0 in the 65th minute, and Jazmine Reeves knocked home her 11th goal of the season to seal the victory.In the first meeting between the two teams this season, played in Durham, Duke was able to fight to a 1-1 draw against the Hokies Sept. 29. Virginia Tech stumbled into postseason play, losing two of its final three matches. Since then, the Hokies have caught fire, defeating two ranked teams before falling in the ACC tournament championship to Florida State. Virginia Tech also defeated No. 12 West Virginia and No. 9 Santa Clara—advancing on penalty kicks—to reach the Elite Eight."They're playing better right now," Church said. "Obviously with the run that they've had, they're more confident, they're playing at home. They've been so consistent all year."Entering the tournament as an unseeded team, the Blue Devils were considered a surprise team to advance to the Elite Eight, securing two of its three tournament victories via gritty performances and clutch penalty kicks. Thomas said she feels the team can build on a strong postseason during the offseason, despite the loss of several standout seniors who played their final collegiate games Friday."We fought this whole season," Thomas said. "We had some ups and downs but through it all we were together, we were a team. I think we should look back on this season with nothing but pride and happiness. We got to the Elite Eight, nobody expected us to do that, but we expected ourselves to do that. We needed to prove that to the world and I think we put a stamp on the Duke program going into next year."
(11/28/13 10:46am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>One more win separates Duke from an outright ACC championship.The No. 15 Blue Devils defeated N.C. State in four sets, 25-20, 25-14, 20-25, 25-18 Wednesday at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and can secure the league's automatic berth to the NCAA tournament with a win Friday against North Carolina.After a dominant second-set performance, Duke faltered in the third set, committing nine attack errors and hitting just .091, but was able to regroup to win the fourth set and the match."We're really happy to get this win today," Duke head coach Jolene Nagel said. "I felt like our team was playing well enough most of the time to get it, but I certainly felt like we gave away a few points that we shouldn't have and made our jobs a little bit harder." Duke (26-4, 17-2 in the ACC) did what it has done in every match following a loss this season: win. After Sunday's loss at Florida State, the importance of getting off to a quick start was not lost on the Blue Devils, who responded by winning the first two sets—the second in convincing fashion."We knew we needed to come out strong," senior libero Ali McCurdy said. After the loss at FSU, we knew we needed to work hard recovering from that loss. And on top of that, losing last time at [N.C.] State we had something to prove, so it was good to come out and get this win."Duke racked up some gaudy statistics in all phases of the game Wednesday. Sophomore outside hitter Emily Sklar turned in an excellent two-way performance, recording her fourth double-double in the past five games by posting 21 kills and 19 digs. Sophomore Elizabeth Campbell had 14 kills and Jeme Obeime put down 11 to join Sklar in double figures, and senior Chelsea Cook added eight more."We did a really good job of scouting and looking for things that were open," Sklar said. "Once we found things that worked in the beginning, we kept going after it and I don't think they really adjusted."On the defensive side of the ball, Duke was equally impressive. The Blue Devils limited the Wolfpack (20-11, 11-8) to 38 kills for the match, amassing 88 digs and 10 blocks. McCurdy, the ACC's all-time leader in digs, tied her career high with 37 digs, diving left and right to keep rallies alive and set up opportunities for her teammates on offense.The Duke defense also did a good job bottling up N.C. State's leading offensive threat, outside hitter Dariyan Hopper. When the Wolfpack defeated the Blue Devils in Raleigh Oct. 13, Hopper burned Duke for 18 kills on 31 attempts. Wednesday, the sophomore was kept in check, as the Blue Devils held her to just four kills on 45 attempts."We definitely knew we had to try to contain her to be successful today because she definitely had a great match against us [in October]," Nagel said. "I was pleased how our team executed on the block and on defense with that. That was definitely huge in trying to get this win."Not all the numbers were pretty, though. The Blue Devils committed 28 attack errors en route to a .186 attack percentage, one of their lowest of the season. At times Duke also struggled behind the service line, adding six errors to go with the eight aces. Nagel said the team would revisit attack errors in practice, with an emphasis on discipline and adjusting feet to the ball.Errors will have to be at a minimum Friday afternoon when Duke looks to wrap up the conference championship on Senior Day against No. 14 North Carolina. For McCurdy, one of two seniors on the Duke roster, the match will have additional meaning beyond its implications in the ACC title race."Everything couldn't be better," McCurdy said. "It's not going to be a matter of finding energy and emotion for that game. It's awesome that it's North Carolina, in-state rival, for our last time playing in Cameron. We're all looking forward to it."With the win, Nagel said her team will be able to enjoy their Thanksgiving meal a little more, but she expects them to be ready to go on Friday against the Tar Heels."We've got to be sure we don't eat too much tomorrow for Thanksgiving, and then we've got to make sure we've got the right focus going into that match," Nagel said.
(11/28/13 12:41am)
A look at who the key players for the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off may be.
(11/25/13 6:53am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Another night, another nailbiter for the Blue Devils.Rodney Hood's free throw with 5.0 seconds to play gave No. 6 Duke a 91-90 win against Vermont Sunday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium."This was an unacceptable performance. We were lucky to win," Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "We
played like a team that thought we would just
show up and win. That’s how you get beat."The Catamounts (1-5) scored 50 points in the paint and shot 64.8 percent from the field, eye-popping numbers for a team that came into Sunday's contest averaging just 63 points per game. Consistent defensive breakdowns left Vermont forwards with plenty of room to maneuver down low."It’s
energy, it’s effort, it’s
fight. Guys weren’t talking out there," Blue Devil point guard Quinn Cook said. "The first 30 minutes of the
game we were all playing defense by ourselves. You give a great team like that
confidence and the basket is like the ocean out there. They hit some tough
shots."For the second straight game, the Blue Devils were unable to put distance between themselves and their opponent in the first half. Led by 12 first-half points from forward Clancy Rugg, the Catamounts shot 66.7 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes. Point guard Sandro Carissimo was effective despite three first-half fouls, getting into the lane time and again and dishing off to Rugg and others for 26 points in the paint.Duke (5-1) shot 48.5 percent from the field in the first half, including 8-for-17 from beyond the arc. Andre Dawkins was a first-half spark for the Blue Devils, tallying 13 points that included three different varieties of the 3-point play—a driving layup and the foul, a 3-point shot and three free throws after being fouled on another shot from downtown.With 15:29 remaining in the second half, freshman Jabari Parker—who led the Blue Devils with a game-high 26 points—stole a pass and went coast-to-coast for a dunk, bringing the Duke lead to 61-49. Krzyzewski accused his team of complacency after the apparent momentum shift.
(11/24/13 3:56am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Senior defender Natasha Anasi entered Friday's second-round matchup against Florida focused on containing the nation's second-leading goal-scorer, Gator freshman Savannah Jordan.With the help of her teammates, Anasi accomplished that task and provided the contest's only offense as well, scoring in the 21st minute to lead Duke to a 1-0 victory against second-seeded Florida at Koskinen Stadium.The victory secured the Blue Devils (9-8-5) a spot in the round of for the fourth consecutive season. Duke will host Arkansas Sunday afternoon for a chance to move on to the national quarterfinals."It all starts with our senior class and all they've been through, so many NCAA tournaments, so many victories, Final Fours, final eights," Duke head coach Robbie Church said. "They don't want to quit playing. They want to play some more."The lone Duke goal was set up by three of those upperclassmen. Senior forward Mollie Pathman lofted in a corner kick to redshirt senior Kim DeCesare, who sent the ball across to Anasi. Florida goalkeeper Taylor Burke was screened on the play, and Anasi's shot trickled into the goal to give the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead."What a great set play. Kimmy made a great decision, Mollie drove it well, the ball went to the back side, a lot of times people will try to put that on goal," Church said. "[DeCesare] made a great decision to bring it back across, and it was such a great finish by Natasha. She's been close so many times on set plays during the course of the year, so she saved that one goal that we knew was coming to her at a really good point."Although Duke's goal came on a designed play, the Blue Devil attack tried to get moving early Friday, looking to get opportunities in transition."The first goal in the NCAA tournament is always huge," Church said. "If we make a mistake, now it's a tie game. We had a number of good chances on breaks. It's a different strategy from what we normally play but when you have players like Kelly Cobb, Toni Payne and Laura Weinberg up front, it's a really good strategy to let them turn and run."After the goal, the pressure was squarely on Florida to even up the score. In response, Church reconfigured his defensive formation."We went to our prevent defense a little bit," Church said. "We took a forward off and we dropped another one to a 4-2-3-1. They were getting looks but there really weren't that good of a look."The looks for Jordan, though, were few and far between. Jordan, who scored 22 goals in the regular season, was hawked by Anasi and freshman Lizzy Raben all night long. The freshman still managed two shots on goal, but neither could find its way past Duke's Meghan Thomas, who recorded seven saves on the night."We were focusing on having her play balls back," Anasi said. "We didn't want her to get anything in behind. If we could keep her in front of us we knew that we could do a very good job playing against her."Florida's offensive attack kept pressing, though, outshooting the Blue Devils 11-7 on the night. The last few minutes of the match were especially tense for Duke, as Thomas thwarted multiple last-gasp attempts from the Gators. Thomas said she tried not to let the pressure affect her play down the stretch."Honestly you don't really think about it," Thomas said. "Get the ball out, get the ball as far away from the goal as possible. Talk, communicate, and make sure they don't score."Church said the Blue Devils would celebrate the win but quickly turn their attention to the Razorbacks, who defeated St. John's 1-0 earlier Friday. "Arkansas, what a great run they've had," Church said. "They're athletic, they're hard, they're great on set plays, so they've got a lot of weapons that could really give us a hard time."But the Razorbacks shouldn't give the Blue Devils anything they haven't seen before. Duke endured and survived a brutal stretch of ACC play this year, a battle Anasi and her classmates have been fighting since they first arrived in Durham."A lot of us have been playing [significant minutes] since our freshman year," Anasi said. "We've been in situations like this before and it's helped us get to where we are right now."Matt Pun contributed in reporting.
(11/20/13 6:27am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>East Carolina overcame a 17-point deficit with less than 10 minutes remaining to beat Norfolk State Monday night. Tuesday, the Pirates spotted Duke an 18-point lead then nearly came all the way back to stun the Blue Devils.Playing in front of another below-capacity crowd at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the No. 6 Blue Devils survived a scare from the upstart Pirates, 83-74, to advance to next week's semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Duke was powered by 30 points from Rodney Hood and 21 from Jabari Parker.
(11/18/13 1:10pm)
Junior Kelly Cobb’s seventh goal of the season started the scoring for the Blue Devils. Her last shot of the day ended the match.
(11/14/13 11:58am)
What a difference a year makes.
