Duke hopes to avoid Jackets' sting
By Gabe Starosta | February 27, 2008Now, the team has a chance to get back on track in conference play as it takes on Georgia Tech (11-14, 4-7 in the ACC) tonight at 9 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Now, the team has a chance to get back on track in conference play as it takes on Georgia Tech (11-14, 4-7 in the ACC) tonight at 9 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Miami started the season with a flourish, jumping out to a 12-0 record and a ranking as high as No. 19 in the AP poll.
As the Cameron Crazies waved their hands waiting for Virginia's Monica Wright to take her five fouls to the bench, all senior Wanisha Smith could do was laugh with her teammates and breathe easy...
Facing a 45-37 deficit early in the second half against Virginia, No. 12 Duke saw a win, a third-place conference finish and a 78-game home winning streak against unranked opponents slipping away.
Just over seven minutes into Saturday night's game, sophomore Gerald Henderson found himself wide open in the left corner.
Duke will spend part of its weekend looking back on the careers of seniors Wanisha Smith and Emily Waner.
Just seven days ago, Duke was riding high off recent victories over North Carolina and Maryland as well as a 12-game winning streak.
Going into last night's game against Miami, few people-including the players themselves-expected the No. 5 Blue Devils to play as poorly as they did in Sunday's loss to Wake Forest, a contest that...
As the clock wound down on Duke's 86-73 loss to Wake Forest Sunday, the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum crowd serenaded the Blue Devils with chants of "Overrated."
Wake Forest's win over Duke Sunday night may end up affecting more teams than just the Demon Deacons and the Blue Devils in the long run.
"I'm really sick of Toliver's threes," junior Abby Waner said, calling to mind Toliver's 3-pointer that forced overtime in an eventual Maryland win over Duke in the 2006 National Championship.
With just over five minutes remaining in Duke's 86-73 loss to Wake Forest, Greg Paulus launched a three that would have pulled the Blue Devils within four.
When they last faced Maryland Jan. 14 in College Park, the Blue Devils were dominated on the glass and from the free-throw line and failed to come away with a win.
After rolling to their 12th consecutive win in a charged contest against Maryland Wednesday, the Blue Devils could face another emotional challenge at Wake Forest Sunday.
No. 12 Duke (19-6, 8-2 in the ACC) looks to get its revenge against No. 4 Maryland (26-2, 10-1) Sunday night at 5:30 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
When Duke's Abby Waner drained a 3-pointer with just more than four minutes left in the first half, the shooting guard struggled to hold back a smile as the ball ripped through the net.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said that 61 is supposed to be your best birthday.
Greivis Vasquez might have done most of the talking Wednesday night, but the actions of the calm and collected Blue Devils down the stretch spoke louder than any words possibly could have.
Just 17 days ago, the Blue Devils traveled to College Park, Md. as the ACC's untested leaders, while Maryland came in as a bubble team that had just claimed its biggest win of the year-a defeat of...
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.