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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 ·
4 Mar 2010, 9:48 PM ·
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GREENSBORO COLISEUM It’s a battle between former Big East rivals Boston College and Virginia Tech in what turns out to be the “maroon” bracket of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, since the winner will advance to a Friday night quarterfinal against Florida State.
BC is looking for revenge, since the Hokies won their only regular-season meeting 69-64 on Feb. 21 in Blacksburg.
The Eagles are seeded No. 7 and the Hokies No. 10, but they’re evenly matched at 15-14 each. BC, which on its best day of the season upset Duke, is looking to redeem itself for a shaky regular season with a good post-season run.
The Hokies are just looking for respect.
The Eagles are coached by Sylvia Crawley (pictured), who was the All-America center for UNC’s 1994 NCAA championship team. Her top assistant is Stephanie Lawrence Yelton, who had the assist on Charlotte Smith’s winning 3-pointer in that NCAA title game.
The Hokies’ local connection is Northern Durham alumna Utahya Drye, who will finish her college career this month.
Tonight the Eagles get revenge with a 62-49 win.
BC takes a 13-2 lead on Mickel Picco’s 3-pointer with 14:23 left in the first half before the Hokies make any offensive noise, and never leads by fewer than seven points the rest of the way.
Stefanie Murphy leads the Eagles with 18 points, followed by Brittany Johnson with 10. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
4 Mar 2010, 12:01 AM ·
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CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM If you look at the ACC women’s basketball season as a whole, it’s hard not to say Duke is a solid favorite to win the conference tournament that starts this morning at Greensboro Coliseum.
The No. 1 seed Blue Devils are ranked No. 6 nationally and finished three games ahead of anybody except Florida State, a team they destroyed 73-43 during the regular season.
But the problem for the Blue Devils is their bracket.
Joanne P. McCallie’s club has a bye today, then will play on Friday at 3 against the winner of today’s 3 p.m. first-round game between UNC and Maryland, the two teams that probably love to beat Duke the most and the two that have combined to win the last five tournaments in Greensboro.
In fact, whichever team that comes out of that group and into the semifinals will be the only team that has ever won the event during its 10-year run in the Gate City.
“That’s OK,” McCallie (pictured) said during a semi-regular press luncheon on Wednesday in the press room at Cameron. “It’s a little bit strange to see both Maryland and North Carolina in an 8-9 game. If you look at the numbers it’s weird. Why are they in an 8-9 game? Obviously they’re very good teams. But from our standpoint it’s anybody, anyplace, anywhere. So we just get ready to go, kind of thing. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
1 Mar 2010, 5:08 PM ·
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Duke junior guard Jasmine Thomas is the only Triangle player named to the first unit of the All-ACC women’s basketball team announced by commissioner John Swofford.
UNC’s Italee Lucas was named to the second team and teammate Cetera DeGraffenreid the third, while the Blue Devils’ Joy Cheek was also selected to the third team.
N.C. State sophomore Bonae Holston received honorable mention as did Virginia Tech’s Utahya Drye, who played her high school ball at Northern Durham.
Joining Thomas (pictured) on the first team are Virginia senior Monica Wright - who has received a post-season honor from the conference all four seasons - along with Boston College’s Carolyn Swords, Florida State’s Jacinta Monroe and Miami’s Shenise Johnson.
The ACC also announced its sixth player of the year named by the coaches. It is Georgia Tech’s Alex Montgomery, who was also third-team all-conference.
The conference also announced its weekly honorees, with Florida State’s Courtney Ward - who was second-team all-conference - player of the week and Maryland’s Diandra Tchatchouang rookie of the week. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
28 Feb 2010, 11:00 PM ·
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Seedings and pairings are out for the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament and one thing is for sure.
There will be three teams in the semifinals that have never won the tournament during its 10-year run in Greensboro.
Maryland is the defending champion, UNC won four in a row before that and Duke five in a row before that.
And they’re all in the same group of three, only one of which can advance to Saturday’s semifinals this time.
The top-seeded Blue Devils (24-5), who have lost in the finals each of the last two seasons, will play in the quarterfinals on Friday at 3 p.m. The opponent will be the winner of Thursday’s 3 p.m. contest between No. 8 seed UNC (18-10) and No. 9 seed Maryland (18-11).
The matchup between the Tar Heels and Terps will be the second of four games on Thursday.
The tournament tips off at 11 a.m., with No. 5 seed Wake Forest (17-12) taking on No. 12 seed Miami (17-12), with that winner advancing to Friday’s 11 a.m. quarterfinal against No. 4 seed Georgia Tech (22-8).
Thursday’s 6 p.m. contest will have No. 7 seed Boston College (15-14) taking on No. 10 seed Virginia Tech (15-14), with that winner taking on No. 2 seed Florida State (26-4) in the same time slot on Friday.
The nightcappers on Thursday at 8 are No. 6 seed N.C. State (17-12) and No. 11 seed Clemson (13-17), with the winner advancing to Friday’s 8 p.m. nightcap against No. 3 seed Virginia (21-8).
The semifinals are at 1 and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, with the title game on Sunday at 1.
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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 ·
19 Feb 2010, 9:52 PM ·
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REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH N.C. State needs just one win to assure itself at least a .500 season and a near-certain spot in post-season play.
And tonight the Wolfpack is looking for revenge.
State lost 83-66 at Boston College on Jan. 10, and has dropped three straight in the series. BC is coached by UNC alumna Sylvia Crawley, while coming off the bench is wing guard Ayla Brown whose father Scott is the junior member of the U.S. Senate. Sen. Brown (R-Mass.) is observed on site.
BC still has an outside chance to get a bye in the first round of the ACC Tournament, while the Wolfpack still has a chance to wear white in the first round.
It’s “Pack the House” night with $1 tickets, and the Fox Sports cameras are in the house.
And the Wolfpack gets off to a very, very good start, playing one of its better games of the season in a 73-62 romp.
Boston College never gets the lead.
State scores the first six points on 3-pointers from Marissa Kastanek and Nikitta Gartrell (pictured), bolting to a 14-2 lead on a pair of Gartrell free throws with 13:32 left in the half. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
14 Feb 2010, 5:13 PM ·
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Jasmine Thomas (pictured) reassumed her leading scorer role for Duke, pouring in 22 points to lead the Blue Devils to a hard-fought 65-53 win at Virginia Tech.
Karima Christmas added 15 points for Duke (21-4, 9-1 ACC), which had won six straight games at Cassell Coliseum. Joy Cheek chipped in 10 points for the Blue Devils, while Krystal Thomas had 10 rebounds to go with her six points.
Shanel Harrison led Tech (13-12, 2-8) with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Lindsey Biggs had 13 points.
Duke’s next game will be at Georgia Tech on Friday night.
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Mike Potter ·
14 Feb 2010, 12:01 AM ·
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With the ACC regular-season race starting to wind down, two of the Triangle’s three conference teams will be in action today.
Duke can take another step toward the conference’s regular-season crown on the road today if the No. 8 Blue Devils can complete a season sweep of Virginia Tech. Northern Durham alumna Utahya Drye leads the Hokies in scoring and rebounding.
Meanwhile, N.C. State needs to win two more games to assure itself a .500 season, and gets a tough challenge at home today from Miami in its annual “Hoops 4 Hope” contest to be shown on ESPN.
It will be the only regular-season meeting of the season with the Hurricanes for State, which is led in both scoring and rebounding by Bonae Holston (pictured).
Miami is coached by Duke alumna Katie Meier.
Duke won the first meeting with the Hokies this season, 69-38 on Jan. 21 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Continue reading »
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Mike Potter ·
11 Feb 2010, 12:18 AM ·
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RBC CENTER/RALEIGH Exactly why ESPNU wanted N.C. State’s home game against Virginia Tech to go opposite the always-televised Duke-UNC showdown is anyone’s guess, but that’s the situation tonight.
The Hokies need to keep winning to stay in good position with the NCAA Selection Committee, while the Wolfpack needs to keep winning at home to keep alive a decent shot at a winning season.
State has a huge lead in the series, won here two years ago and took the Hokies to overtime in Blacksburg last season. Tech has never won an ACC conference game in Raleigh, and in fact hasn’t beaten the Wolfpack here since 1917.
That all comes to an end on a very rough night for the Wolfpack, which falls 72-52. Continue reading »
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