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Mike Potter ·
6 Mar 2010, 4:57 PM ·
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GREENSBORO COLISEUM Here at the semifinals of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, this is the side of the bracket that has gone according to form.
Top-seeded Duke is actually supposed to be here, as is No. 4 seed Georgia Tech. Both of these teams are certainly going to the NCAA Tournament no matter what goes down before sunset tomorrow.
The ninth-ranked Blue Devils got through the expected war with Maryland in the quarterfinals, while almost-ranked Georgia Tech came back to take out morning crowd favorite Wake Forest.
The Blue Devils won the regular-season meeting 64-50 on Feb. 19 at Cameron Indoor Stadium, with the Jackets putting on a respectable performance. Duke has won a ridiculous 30 straight games in the series.
And the streak continues, as the Blue Devils pull away over the past 10 minutes for a 67-55 victory.
There are seven lead changes and four ties in the first half, as the Blue Devils lead 29-25 at the break. Neither team leads by more than five points over the first 33 ½ minutes.
Joy Cheek finally puts the Blue Devils up by seven, at 55-48 on a layup with 6:19 to go.
Sasha Goodlett cuts it to 55-50 on a layup from Metra Walthour at 5:43 left before the Blue Devils pull away.
Duke scores the next eight points - on Jasmine Thomas’ layup from Shay Selby followed by Thomas steal and layup, a jumper from Cheek and another from Keturah Jackson at 2:47 for a 13-point lead.
Tech never again cuts the margin to single digits, and Duke is going to the final for the third straight season. The Blue Devils’ last championship was in 2004.
Karima Christmas (pictured) leads Duke with 15 points including 10-for-13 from the free-throw line, followed by Cheek and Jasmine Thomas with 10 apiece, all of Thomas’ in the second half. Continue reading »
ACC, Basketball, Duke, N.C. State, Women's Basketball Deja Foster, Georgia Tech, Jasmine Thomas, Joanne P. McCallie, Joy Cheek, Karima Christmas, Keturah Jackson, MaChelle Joseph, Sasha Goodlett, Shay Selby
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 »
ACC, Duke, N.C. State Allison Vernerey, Bridgette Mitchell, Joanne P. McCallie, Joy Cheek, Kellie Harper, Krystal Thomas, Marissa Kastanek, Miami Hurricanes, Shay Selby, Tia Bell, Virginia Cavaliers
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 »
ACC, Basketball, Duke, N.C. State, UNC-Chapel Hill, Women's Basketball Allison Vernerey, Boston College, Bridgette Mitchell, Cetera DeGraffenreid, Italee Lucas, Jasmine Thomas, Joanne P. McCallie, Joy Cheek, Karima Christmas, Keturah Jackson, Krystal Thomas, Laura Broomfield, Miami Hurricanes, Shay Selby, She'la White, Sylvia Hatchell
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 »
ACC, Basketball, Duke, N.C. Central, Women's Basketball Alexis Rogers, Allison Vernerey, Danielle DeBerry, Houston Baptist, J'Mia Pollock, Jasmine Thomas, Joanna Miller, Joanne P. McCallie, Joli Robinson, Joy Cheek, Karima Christmas, Kathleen Scheer, Keturah Jackson, Krystal Thomas, Shay Selby, South Carolina State, Temple
Mike Potter ·
18 Dec 2009, 11:59 PM ·
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Duke's Krystal Thomas pushes her way past James Madison's Jalissa Taylor. (Photo by Rob Rowe)
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke hits its home court on a nasty December evening, getting a bit more of a challenge than was apparent when the schedule was released.
Tonight’s opponent is James Madison, which comes in ranked No. 24 with a 7-0 record and two wins over ACC teams.
The No. 7 Blue Devils are looking to bounce back from a tough go at No. 2 Stanford three nights earlier.
JMU has one bona fide superstar in guard Dawn Evans, who comes in averaging 26.5 points per game including a 38-point performance in a two-point road victory over Virginia. Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie compares her to former Maryland guard Kristi Toliver, who not only ran a national championship team but could create her own long 3-pointer and hit it.
Duke overcomes a big game from Evans as well as some poor free-throw shooting, holding on for a 79-65 victory. Continue reading »
ACC, Basketball, Duke, Women's Basketball Dawn Evans, Jasmine Thomas, Joanne P. McCallie, Joy Cheek, Kenny Brooks, Keturah Jackson, Krystal Thomas, Longwood, Maine Black Bears, Sarah Williams, Shay Selby, Stanford, Tarik Hislop, Virginia Cavaliers
Mike Potter ·
23 Oct 2009, 3:38 PM ·
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“Battle of the Sexes,” anyone?
Duke women’s basketball will hold its Blue/White game on Sunday at 1 p.m.
And because three players - Keturah Jackson, Shay Selby and freshman Janee Johnson - are hurt and the Blue Devils have only nine healthy team members, instead of holding their traditional intrasquad exhibition they will square off with the male Duke students who regularly provide opposition in practice.
Admission is free to the public, and all who ask at the Cameron Indoor Stadium ticket office may also have free tickets to the Blue Devils’ 3 p.m. women’s soccer game against Virginia Tech at Koskinen Stadium.
After the basketball game, Coach Joanne P. McCallie’s team will distribute free posters and sign autographs.
Duke, which went 27-6 last season and was 14-0 at home, is ranked an average No. 5 in the country in three national publications. Junior guard Jasmine Thomas (pictured), who was named a second-team preseason All-American by The Sporting News and senior wing Bridgette Mitchell are regular returning starters from last season.
Duke’s other two exhibitions - against Wingate on Nov. 5 and Alaska-Anchorage on Nov. 8 - will also be open to the public.
ACC, Basketball, Duke, Soccer, Women's Basketball Alaska Anchorage, Bridgette Mitchell, Janee Johnson, Jasmine Thomas, Joanne P. McCallie, Keturah Jackson, Shay Selby, Virginia Tech, Wingate
Mike Potter ·
29 Jun 2009, 4:22 PM ·
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Duke will have some early-season women’s basketball in Mexico this season, playing in the Caribbean Challenge Nov. 26-27 in Cancun.
Duke will play Marquette and Western Kentucky, while Arkansas State, Cleveland State and Iona are also in the challenge.
The Blue Devils are in the event for the first time since 2006, when under a different format they beat Bowling Green, SMU and Pittsburgh for the title.
Joanne P. McCallie’s club returns two starters - junior Jasmine Thomas (pictured) and senior Bridgette Mitchell - off last season’s 27-6 team. Also back are seniors Joy Cheek and Keturah Jackson, juniors Karima Christmas and Krystal Thomas and sophomore Shay Selby, Chelsea Hopkins and Kathleen Scheer. The incoming freshmen are Allison Vernerey of Alsace, France; Alexis Rogers of West Chester, Ohio; and Janee Johnson of Matthews.
Travel packages are available.
ACC, Basketball, Duke, Women's Basketball Alexis Rogers, Allison Vernerey, Arkansas State, Bowling Green, Bridgette Mitchell, Cancun, Caribbean Challenge, Chelsea Hopkins, Cleveland State, Iona, Janee Johnson, Jasmine Thomas, Joanne P. McCallie, Joy Cheek, Karima Christmas, Kathleen Scheer, Keturah Jackson, Krystal Thomas, Marquette, Pitt Panthers, Shay Selby, SMU, Western Kentucky
