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COLLEGE PARK, Md. — While Monique Currie was playing through pain, Chante Black was bringing the pain to Maryland.
After a week off, a well rested but banged-up Duke team will travel to College Park to try to complete a regular-season sweep of Maryland Sunday at 3 p.m.
Just over one minute into the second half Sunday at Cameron Indoor Stadium, something clicked for the women’s basketball team.
For most of the season, discussion about the Duke women’s basketball team’s flaws has focused on its lack of depth.
When the women"s basketball team heads to Miami today the Blue Devils will be entering uncharted territory..
Monique Currie may call this year her last at Duke and jump to the WNBA.
RALEIGH — With 46 seconds remaining, the top-ranked women’s basketball team found itself down a single point to No. 25 N.C. State.
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.
