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RALEIGH — Duke has been advertising Monique Currie as a Player-of-the-Year candidate all season, and Currie has shown she deserves that accolade during the past three games.
The women?s basketball team managed to pull away down the stretch in a tough battle against Maryland Thursday night. .
It was a war of attrition—whichever team played less poorly would win.
During past seasons, the women’s basketball team had a few powder-puff ACC opponents to roll over after a tough game with North Carolina.
CHAPEL HILL — Duke did not look like a No. 1 team Monday night. In fact, in the first half it hardly looked like a team deserving of a top-25 ranking.
CHAPEL HILL — It was the perfect tragedy: No. 12 UNC (15-3, 3-2 in the ACC) toppled the No. 1 team in the NCAA, which just happened to be its archrival.
Coming out of high school, Alison Bales was a project. Now, she’s a basketball player.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — While the Northeast region experienced a snowy blizzard Saturday night, J.J.
North Carolina entered this season thinking it would take control of the ACC after five years of Duke dominance.
WINSTON-SALEM — With the game tied at 30, Mistie Williams spun from the left block into the lane and made a short layup.
WINSTON-SALEM — When 6-foot-7 Alison Bales and 6-foot-3 Mistie Williams took the court for Duke Wednesday night, the center duo and their teammates were facing an undersized Wake frontcourt.
If balance is the key to success, the odds are in Duke"s favor tonight.
The top-ranked women"s basketball team did not play like a No. 1 squad in the first half against Georgia Tech Monday night.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The No. 1 Duke women"s basketball team ran its winning streak to 10 games against Virginia Friday night.
Apparently, one half of effort is enough for the women"s basketball team to beat run-of-the-mill ACC foes..
Duke hopes the third time is not the charm for Virginia..
The women"s basketball team is riding high after this weekend"s victory over Virginia Tech to open its ACC season.
Most Duke students swiftly departed campus after final exams for a month of unwinding.
Youth and experience combined to help then-No. 2 Duke open its ACC schedule with a win over No. 25 Virginia Tech Sunday. .
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Only six other teams had ever beaten the Lady Vols in Thompson-Boling arena, but a smart game plan and continued focus allowed the Blue Devils to become number seven.