Duke travels south to take on Tigers
Duke looks to take care of business against an ACC bottom feeder tonight when it faces Clemson to collect its twelfth straight victory against unranked opponents.
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Duke looks to take care of business against an ACC bottom feeder tonight when it faces Clemson to collect its twelfth straight victory against unranked opponents.
Seven minutes and 17 seconds into Sunday's game, Wake Forest hadn't scored. By the time the Demon Deacons posted their first points Sunday, Duke had already scored plenty.
With leading scorer Chante Black battling a virus, Abby Waner in the midst of a shooting slump, a rivalry game looming and the ACC cellar-dweller traveling to Cameron Indoor Stadium, there was a perfect storm in place for Duke to stumble Friday night against Virginia Tech.
It's rare for a defending national champion to have strong motive to take down another team, but that's exactly the situation No. 2 Tennessee finds itself in as it faces No. 10 Duke tonight at 7 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Seven minutes into the first half of Friday night's game against Florida State, Duke's starting backcourt of Abby Waner, Wanisha Smith and Jasmine Thomas was uncharacteristically quiet.
At her introductory press conference in April, a reporter asked newly-hired head coach Joanne P. McCallie about playing Texas, former head coach Gail Goestenkors' new team.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - After the Blue Devils erased a 15-point first-half deficit against Penn State Sunday night to tie the game with 8.9 seconds left, Karima Christmas had a chance to give No. 11 Duke a one-point lead at the foul line.
Even as Duke struggled earlier in the year, Elisabeth Redmond remained confident that the Blue Devils would be able to do damage in the NCAA tournament.
TAMPA - No Abby Waner, no problem for the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils take on South Florida in the ESPNU Women's Basketball Invitational tonight at 7 p.m., but their focus isn't on the event or even their opponent. Instead, the team needs to listen to the words of head coach Joanne P. McCallie and play its own game.
North Carolina head coach Roy Williams said that this season would not be a waste if the Tar Heels failed to win the national championship.
With seven minutes left in the inaugural women's Blue-White scrimmage, Abby Waner stole the ball from her older sister, Emily, and seemed poised for a breakaway.
The ACC has proven yet again to be one of the nation's toughest conferences, and Duke has had several chances to take down ranked opponents. The team has come up short, however, in capitalizing on those opportunities to come away with wins.
Another game, another double-overtime finish for Duke.
Duke played at Wake Forest Thursday night in what was billed as a matchup between equals. One hundred and 10 minutes later, the scoreline did nothing to suggest otherwise.
Four games into their ACC schedule, the Blue Devils are feeling the heat of the battle.
As she saw her game-winning shot roll into the far post of the goal less than four minutes into double-overtime, Kelly Hathorn was excited, but also incredibly relieved.
For Duke, the real test is just starting.
Five hundred twenty-two. In six games, only one Blue Devil has played that many minutes out of a possible 540. It's not the goalie, it's not an upperclassmen---it's freshman defender Gretchen Miller.