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Mike Potter ·
5 Mar 2010, 3:53 PM ·
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Duke junior guard Jasmine Thomas has received the annual Kay Yow Award as the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Thomas is currently averaging 15.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.8 steals. She was earlier named a third-team Academic All-American by ESPN The Magazine.
Thomas is one of four Blue Devils on the squad, which includes grad student Keturah Jackson, senior Bridgette Mitchell and freshman Allison Vernerey.
N.C. State placed two players in senior Brittany Strachan and freshman Marissa Kastanek.
Others named are Boston College senior Ayla Brown and grad student Brittanny Johnson; Maryland freshmen Tianna Hawkins and Diandra Tchatchouang; Virginia Tech senior Lindsay Biggs and freshman Alyssa Fenyn; Florida State junior Christian Hunnicutt; Georgia Tech junior Deja Foster; and Miami freshman Morgan Stroman.
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Mike Potter ·
2 Mar 2010, 2:03 PM ·
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N.C. State guard Marissa Kastanek has been named ACC women’s basketball freshman of the year, leading the five-player ACC all-rookie team chosen by the Blue Ribbon Panel that also includes the league’s coaches.
Duke center Allison Vernerey, who did most of her work coming off the bench, was also selected to the team along with Wake Forest’s Sandra Garcia, Maryland’s Diandra Tchatchouang and Florida State’s Chasity Clayton.
Kastanek started 28 of 29 games for the Wolfpack - all except the regular-season finale against Georgia Tech on Senior Day - and averaged 10.7 points per game. She also hit 35.3 percent of her 3-point attempts.
Vernerey averages 7.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.
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Mike Potter ·
27 Feb 2010, 12:06 AM ·
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CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke is one win from gaining its first No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament for the first time in three years.
But tonight’s opponent for the No. 6 Blue Devils is not an easy one.
No. 21 Virginia, led by probable ACC player of the year Monica Wright, has 20 wins and is in a bye spot for the tournament, and is certain to get an NCAA bid.
Unfortunately because of the unbalanced ACC schedule, this is the teams’ only meeting of the regular season. And the Blue Devils use a big second half to win 83-65, tying Virginia’s worst defeat of the season for their 17th straight victory in the series.
It’s Senior Night for the Blue Devils, and the final regular-season home game for Joy Cheek (pictured), Keturah Jackson and Bridgette Mitchell. And it’s on regional cable TV.
They’ll play at home again, as Duke will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament on March 20 and 22. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
15 Feb 2010, 2:31 PM ·
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Duke’s Allison Vernerey has been named ACC rookie of the week for the second time this season, while Virginia’s Monica Wright is player of the week.
Vernerey made her first three starts for the Blue Devils over the span, averaging 10.7 points, seven rebounds, 1.3 blocks and 1.3 assists.
Her best game of the span was a 20-point, 10-rebound effort on Thursday against visiting N.C. State. That was the second double-double of the season for the 6-5 post player from France.
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Mike Potter ·
11 Feb 2010, 10:26 PM ·
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CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM It’s another of those big Triangle rivalry games in women’s basketball, and unfortunately the only time Duke and N.C. State will play during the regular season.
It’s the first time first-year Wolfpack coach Kellie Harper has faced Duke, the team to which she lost in her final game as a player at Tennessee. That game denied her stated goal of winning four straight NCAA titles.
No. 8 Duke is holding its annual PinkZone game, wearing pink-trimmed uniforms and encouraging fans to wear as much pink as possible in an effort to raise awareness of breast cancer and research to combat the disease.
The Blue Devils will be heavy favorites and probably the toughest opponents the Wolfpack will play during the regular season. With 6-3 Tia Bell among three post players hurt, State has nobody who can come close to looking Duke’s 6-5 freshman Allison Vernerey (pictured) or 6-4 Krystal Thomas in the eye. And the inside mismatches are a big factor as the Blue Devils cruise 70-39. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
8 Feb 2010, 10:36 PM ·
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CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM It’s one more battle to see which blue-clad women’s basketball team is the best in the Triangle - at least for one night.
And both homestanding No. 8 Duke (18-4, 6-1 ACC) and visiting No. 18 UNC (16-5, 4-3) are in a bit of a bad mood.
The Blue Devils’ chances to run the table in the ACC ended on Thursday, when they got slapped in the face with a 61-57 loss at up-and-down Boston College.
Meanwhile the Tar Heels, who once upon a time were favored to win the conference’s regular-season title, have lost two straight including an 80-69 defeat on Thursday night at Miami that may have made the Hurricanes’ season. We’ll see.
It’s the first time they’ve played each other this millennium when both were coming off a loss.
Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie lost her first six meetings with UNC before the Blue Devils won 81-79 last March 1 on Senior Day at Cameron.
The cameras are in the house for ESPN2’s Big Monday. And Duke gives them a show, putting six players in double figures in a 79-51 rout. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
29 Jan 2010, 11:35 PM ·
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CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke gets its first really big home test in ACC action tonight.
The No. 7 Blue Devils are hosting No. 13 Florida State, which has its eye on tying the Blue Devils atop the conference standings.
It’s their only meeting of the regular season. FSU won their matchup in Tallahassee last season 82-75 in overtime, while the Blue Devils got revenge in a huge way with a 75-58 romp in the tournament semifinals.
If the Seminoles are the best team in the ACC they certainly have the opportunity to prove it over the weekend, as the conference schedule has them going to UNC on Monday night.
There won’t be much of a crowd tonight, as most of the fans have been scared away by the big snowstorm. What they miss - at least in person since it’s all on cable TV - is a 73-43 Duke romp that’s never really in doubt once it gets going.
Duke completely dominates the first half.
The Blue Devils lead 7-0 and then 20-2 before the Seminoles get anything going, and are up 30-13 at the break. Duke shoots 36.4 percent over the period to FSU’s 21.4 and is winning the rebound battle 26-17.
The Seminoles never get closer than 15 points back in the second half, at 30-15 on Courtney Ward’s layup with 19:27 left and on an Alysha Harvin free throw to make it 53-38 at 6:21.
But Jasmine Thomas (pictured) answers with 10 of Duke’s next 12 points to make it 65-41 with 4:07 to go. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
28 Dec 2009, 11:00 PM ·
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NCCU's Danielle Deberry dribbles up the court against Duke. (Photo by Rob Rowe)
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM It doesn’t have any fancier name this time than “The Battle of Durham,” and indeed it is that.
No. 8 Duke is hosting N.C. Central in a women’s basketball game, and the winner will be able to claim it’s the best team in the city until they meet again. Duke is going to be a prohibitive favorite.
This happens to be the sport in which the Blue Devils and Eagles, who are in Year 3 of their five-year transition to championship competition in NCAA Division I, have squared off the most. It’s the eighth meeting in the series and Duke leads by a mere 4 games to 3.
To be fair, all but the Blue Devils’ 82-29 win two seasons ago were contested before any of the current players on either team was born.
The teams have played one common opponent this season and each came out victorious. Duke beat Houston Baptist 104-35 in its season opener on the Huskies’ home court, while NCCU beat Houston Baptist 75-60 in the consolation game of South Florida’s Tournament eight days ago.
The Eagles come in with a personnel handicap, as leading scorer and freshman guard Joanna Miller is out of the lineup - although in street clothes on the bench - for one game for an unspecified violation of team rules. And the result isn’t surprising, as the Blue Devils control every aspect of the game in a 117-28 victory. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
7 Dec 2009, 2:17 PM ·
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Duke’s Jasmine Thomas was a unanimous selection for ACC women’s basketball player of the week, while teammate Allison Vernerey was voted rookie of the week.
The junior guard Thomas (pictured) scored a career-high 29 points as the No. 11 Blue Devils walloped No. 3 Ohio State 83-67 on Thursday night, then turned around for 28 more including 10-for-10 from the free-throw line in a 78-72 win over Southern California on Sunday.
The 6-5 Vernerey had a season-high 13 points against the Buckeyes, then got her first double-double with 10 points and a season-high 12 rebounds against USC.
Duke, which has won 19 straight games at Cameron Indoor Stadium, is idle until a Dec. 15 game at Stanford.
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Mike Potter ·
6 Dec 2009, 6:05 PM ·
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USC's Hailey Dunham attempts a 3-pointer, but Jasmine Thomas stands in her way. (Photo by Rob Rowe)
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke is on a roll as the Blue Devils head into yet another women’s basketball game against a national opponent.
The No. 11 Blue Devils are on a five-game winning streak, and are coming off one of their most impressive wins in quite a while as they dumped visiting No. 3 Ohio State by 16 points on Thursday night in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
The opponent is Southern California (4-3), which has been a model of inconsistency this season. The “Women of Troy” are on a three-game winning streak, and played their best basketball in the Virgin Islands over Thanksgiving when they upset Texas and Mississippi State on back-to-back nights.
Former Los Angeles Lakers star Michael Cooper, who won two WNBA titles as coach of the Los Angeles Sparks, is in his first season as USC’s head coach.
Players on both teams remember last season’s result, in which Duke won 97-89 in Los Angeles after trailing by as many as 17 points in the second half.
And things don’t go swimmingly for the Blue Devils early on this time, either, although they recover from a big deficit to win 78-72. Continue reading »
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