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Thursday night's game may have been ugly, but it was a key win for the Blue Devils.

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Despite ugly box score, Duke women's basketball ekes out a win behind grit and defense

By Jonathan Browning | 4 days ago

For much of Thursday night, it looked like a win just wasn’t in the cards for Duke.

Despite an ugly box score, the Blue Devils left Cameron smiling Thursday night.

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Duke women's basketball grinds out win, its first against Notre Dame since 1997

By Bre Bradham | 4 days ago

The last time Duke beat Notre Dame, only two of the current Blue Devil players were alive.

Can the Blue Devils build on their win against Virginia Tech?

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Duke women’s basketball to welcome suddenly conquerable Notre Dame to Cameron

By Em Adler | 5 days ago

The Blue Devils are coming off of their biggest win of the year, an overtime win against a Virginia Tech team that would be in the NCAA tournament if the season ended today.

Jade Williams' seven rebounds and two blocks were crucial in Duke's win.

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Duke women's basketball's suffocating defense decide overtime contest against Hokies

By Spencer Levy | January 12, 2020

Duke relied on forcing turnovers to spark its offense.

Mikayla Boykin was the driving force behind the Blue Devils' victory Sunday.

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Boykin-led women's basketball takes down Virginia Tech in overtime thriller

By Joe Wang | January 12, 2020

Mikayla Boykin was the X-Factor in defeating the Hokies.

Haley Gorecki scored 14 points in the third quarter, but that was not enough for the Blue Devils.

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Duke women's basketball collapses late against Virginia, losing streak extends to 5

By Jonathan Browning | January 10, 2020

After losing four games in a row, including a heartbreaker against No.7 Louisville, Duke was in desperate need of a win.

Haley Gorecki and Duke will look to break their losing streak Thursday night.

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Duke women's basketball looking to keep up strong defense against Virginia

By Em Adler | January 9, 2020

A challenging early schedule has proven Duke to be a talented team with serious issues preventing it from being national contenders.

Haley Gorecki had 10 first-quarter points against the Cardinals.

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Duke women's basketball falls short of miraculous upset against Louisville

By Jake C. Piazza | January 6, 2020

It looked like it was going to be a true underdog story Sunday afternoon.

Can Miela Goodchild and the Blue Devils recover from beyond the arc Sunday?

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Duke women's basketball set for road matchup against No. 7 Louisville

By Jake C. Piazza | January 4, 2020

The script could not be more different thus far for both teams.

Duke's hounding perimeter defense was not enough to power the Blue Devils to victory Thursday night.

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Duke women's basketball falls to Wake Forest on last-second basket

By Bre Bradham | January 2, 2020

The Blue Devils suffered their third straight loss Thursday.

Redshirt freshman Mikayla Boykin is returning to Duke's active roster for its matchup against Wake Forest.

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Duke women's basketball's Mikayla Boykin to return to active roster after year-long absence

By Bre Bradham | January 2, 2020

Redshirt freshman guard Mikayla Boykin will return to the women's basketball team's active roster for the first time in nearly a year.

Haley Gorecki and the Blue Devils struggled against FGCU.

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Duke women’s basketball to open ACC play against rebuilding Wake Forest

By Max Rego | January 2, 2020

Just two days into the new decade, the Blue Devils will also be ringing in the brunt of ACC play Thursday.

Miela Goodchild and the Blue Devil guards struggled mightily Sunday afternoon.

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Odom-less Duke women's basketball doomed by poor shooting and sloppy play in loss to FGCU

By Em Adler | December 30, 2019

The Blue Devils had more turnovers than field goals Sunday afternoon.

Haley Gorecki had herself quite the 2019.

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ChronSports' Top 10 of 2019 — No. 8: Haley Gorecki secures place in Duke women's basketball lore

By Max Rego | December 24, 2019

Coming in at No. 8: Duke women’s basketball star Haley Gorecki becomes a premier player on the national level and etches her name in the Blue Devil record books.

The Gamecocks were able to bottle up Haley Gorecki entirely Thursday night.

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Duke women's basketball suffers worst loss since 1992 against No. 5 South Carolina

By Bre Bradham | December 19, 2019

It felt like you were watching a live-action remake of the David and Goliath gone wrong.

Guard Haley Gorecki has been the mainstay of Duke's offense for the last two years.

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Taking a look at Duke women's basketball's ACC competition

By Em Adler | December 9, 2019

The Blue Devils have showed promise after their worst season in over a decade, but how will they stack up against their conference competition?

Azana Baines dazzled off the bench against the Eagles.

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Despite Gorecki's brilliance, Duke women's basketball's supporting cast shines bright

By Spencer Levy | December 8, 2019

Morale might be low around Duke's campus due to finals week, but a victory Sunday afternoon gave the Blue Devils a reason to smile.