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With Thursday's victory, the Blue Devils sit just one game below .500.
Duke has found success at home against unranked teams, going 7-2 in those matchups, with hopes to make it 8-2.
Duke ranks 186th in rebounding margin and just 281st in free throw percentage, hindering it with late game situations and much needed stops.
Sophomore forward Jade Williams scored a career-high 17 points and freshman forward Onome Akinbode-James nearly notched a double-double.
It hasn’t been an easy season for McCallie and her young team thus far, again displayed in their blowout loss to No. 1 Notre Dame.
Notre Dame dominated in all categories, having three players in double-digits at the half and three with 20-plus points at the end of the game.
Duke held 20-plus game winning streaks against both of them. In what has become typical fashion, the Blue Devils dropped them both.
The Hokies scored 12 second-chance points while the Blue Devils were held without one in that category.
The Blue Devils must keep their hands to themselves against the Hokies if they want a chance at their fourth conference victory.
Haley Gorecki shot a measly 5-of-16 from the floor and turned the ball over eight times.
The last time a Virginia team beat the Blue Devils was Jan. 30th, 2000.
The Blue Devils notched their second straight win Thursday.
Last year’s Chapel Hill attendance of 4,634 was 700 more than the Tar Heels’ matchup with then-No. 4 Louisville later in the season.
Jade Williams finished with 15 points, eight rebounds and three blocks while Onome Akinbode-James added for six points, five boards and a pair of blocks.
Goodchild delivered as the contest's leading scorer with 20 points, while Gorecki finished off with the eighth triple-double in Duke women’s basketball history.
The center suffered a hyperextended knee in practice this past week and will be out 4-6 weeks.
The Eagles' buzzer-beater off the hands of Makayla Dickens with two seconds remaining in the second overtime sealed the victory.
Duke opened the year with one of the toughest conference schedules in the ACC, playing four ranked teams in its first seven games.
The Duke women's basketball team has been extremely unlucky this season, yes. But, the season is far from over.
One thing Duke did not do well was rebound, and that proved to be the difference between a much-needed upset and yet another conference defeat.
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