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Blue Devils Host Liberty Thursday
12/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 19, 2001
Liberty (4-5) at #9/9 Duke (8-2)
Cameron Indoor Stadium * Durham, N.C.
7:00 PM * WDNC-AM 620
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Blue Devils Host Liberty Thursday...
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The ninth-ranked Duke Blue Devils will host the Liberty Lady Flames on Thursday in its final game before Christmas break. The contest will tip-off at 7:00 PM in the historic Cameron Indoor Stadium. Fans can listen live to the game on WDNC-AM 620 beginning at 6:30 PM with Steve Barnes and Missy Anderson calling the action.
Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors became the all-time winningest coach at Duke with her 214th victory on Sunday over UNC Greensboro. Goestenkors will be honored in a ceremony Thursday prior to the game.
The Blue Devils have won five consecutive games. Duke is shooting 53 percent and averaging 85.2 points during the streak.
Duke is currently ranked ninth in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
Probable Duke Starters...A Look at Liberty...
No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG
31 Wynter Whitley 6-2 Fr. F/C 9.2 4.6 1.3
33 Iciss Tillis 6-4 So. F/C 13.8 8.3 2.1
3 Sheana Mosch 5-10 Jr. G 11.0 4.2 1.7
20 Alana Beard 5-11 So. G 18.2 6.0 6.7
12 Vicki Krapohl 5-5 So. G 3.5 1.8 1.7
Reserves...
No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG
25 Monique Currie 6-0 Fr. F/G 13.8 5.4 1.5
41 Michele Matyasovsky 6-1 Jr. F 5.6 3.1 1.0
21 Krista Gingrich 5-9 Sr. G 5.0 1.5 2.0
Liberty enters Thursday with a 4-5 record and have lost four of its last seven games. Stephanie Walker leads the Lady Flames with a 10.3 ppg. average. Liberty is very tall with eight players 6-0 or taller, including 6-8 Meribeth Feenstra (5.8 pts., 8.1 rbs.). As a team, the Lady Flames are averaging 60.8 ppg. and hitting 37 percent of their field goals, but committing 22.2 turnovers a contest.
The Lady Flames have played one common opponent with Duke-- Virginia (on Nov. 20). Liberty lost 69-52 at Virginia, while Duke dominated the Cavaliers 107-73 on Dec. 6.
Liberty is coached by Carey Green in his third season with a 45-25 overall record.
The Series With Liberty...
Duke and Liberty will meet for only the second time on Thursday. The only meeting came on December 21, 1999 in the Sun Splash Shootout at Nassau, The Bahamas. Duke won 66-45 as the Blue Devils held Liberty to only 33 percent shooting and forced a game-high 25 turnovers. Krista Gingrich scored eight points, Sheana Mosch added nine points and Michele Matyasovsky chipped in five points in the contest.
Another Honor...
Head coach Gail Goestenkors became the all-time winningest coach at Duke on Sunday in the 90-58 victory over UNC Greensboro. She moved ahead of Debbie Leonard, which recorded a 213-189 record in 15 years at Duke.
Coach G has notched a 214-80 record in 10 seasons. Goestenkors became the third-quickest ACC coach to notch 200 victories last season in just 277 games (Kay Yow - 257, Chris Weller - 262).
Its Wynter Time...
Not very often at Duke does a freshman come in and start her first 10 collegiate contests, but Wynter Whitley has proven the theory wrong. Whitley, a 6-2 forward/center, is the strongest player on the squad and has been a big boost for the Blue Devils as an inside force.
On the season, Whitley is averaging 9.2 pts., 4.6 rbs., 1.2 steals and 1.7 assists in 10 games. In her last three games, the Atlanta, Ga. native is averaging 13.0 pts., 5.7 rbs. and hitting 50 percent of her field goals.
In the ACC rankings, Whitley is sixth in field goal percentage (.544) and fourth in free throw percentage (.806).
What's Next?...
Duke will have five days off for the Christmas holiday before traveling to Atlanta, Ga. on Christmas night, Dec. 25. The Blue Devils will be in town for the ACC/SEC Shootout, which Duke will take on Tennessee on Dec. 27 at 12:30 PM.
The game will be televised nationally on Fox Sports Net. It will be part of a doubleheader as Georgia will take on Georgia Tech in the second game.
It will be a rematch of the 1999 NCAA East Regional when Duke downed second-ranked Tennessee (69-63) for its first trip to the NCAA Final Four. The loss for Tennessee broke its string of two consecutive NCAA Championships.
From Downtown...
After starting the season with only five 3-pointers made in the first three games, Duke has been on fire the last three contests hitting 23 of 39 (.590). In each of the last two games, Duke has recorded eight 3-pointers.
All eight players on the Duke roster have hit at least one 3-pointer this season.
Beard Named ACC Player of the Week, Again...
Duke's Alana Beard was selected Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday for the second consecutive week.
Beard, a 5-11 sophomore guard, received the honor after scoring 21 points and dishing out nine assists in a 90-58 win over UNC Greensboro. Beard hit her first five field goals on her way to finishing 7 of 9 from the floor including 3 for 4 from behind the arc.
The Shreveport, La., native also grabbed eight rebounds, tallied seven steals and two blocks in her 29 minutes of action.
For the season, Beard is averaging 18.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 4.5 steals, 0.7 blocks. The preseason ACC Player of the Year is shooting 61 percent from the field, 46 percent from 3-point land and 74 percent from the free throw line. Beard currently leads the ACC in scoring (18.2), steals (4.5), ranks fourth in field goal percentage (.612), 10th in rebounding (6.0) and third in assist/turnover ratio (2.23).
In the last three games, she is averaging 20.0 points, 8.7 assists, 6.0 rebounds, 4.7 steals, while hitting 74 percent of her field goals, 75 percent of her 3-point field goals and 89 percent of her free throws.
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