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Blue Devils & Jackets To Tangle Sunday
12/29/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 29, 2001
Game 13 - Georgia Tech
#9/9 Duke (9-3, 1-0) at Georgia Tech (6-4, 0-1)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum * Atlanta, Ga.
2:00 PM * WDNC-AM 620
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Blue Devils & Jackets To Tangle Sunday...
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The ninth-ranked Duke Blue Devils (9-3, 1-0 ACC) will look to improve to 2-0 in ACC action on Sunday at Georgia Tech (6-4, 0-1 ACC) in Atlanta, Ga. The contest will be played in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum at 2:00 PM. The Blue Devils are coming off an 89-68 loss to second-ranked Tennessee in the ACC/SEC Shootout on Thursday, which broke Duke's six-game winning streak.
The game can be heard on the Duke Radio Network WDNC-AM 620 with Steve Barnes and Missy Anderson calling the action beginning at 1:30 PM.
Duke is currently ranked ninth in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
Probable Duke Starters...A Look at Georgia Tech...
No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG
31 Wynter Whitley 6-2 Fr. F/C 8.8 4.6 1.1
33 Iciss Tillis 6-4 So. F/C 14.0 8.5 2.5
3 Sheana Mosch 5-10 Jr. G 12.3 4.4 1.6
20 Alana Beard 5-11 So. G 17.9 5.9 6.8
12 Vicki Krapohl 5-5 So. G 4.3 2.1 2.0
Reserves...
No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG
25 Monique Currie 6-0 Fr. F/G 13.9 5.3 1.6
41 Michele Matyasovsky 6-1 Jr. F 4.8 3.1 1.1
21 Krista Gingrich 5-9 Sr. G 4.5 1.4 1.8
Georgia Tech enters Sunday's game with a 6-4 record and is coming off a 69-52 loss to Georgia in the ACC/SEC Shootout in Atlanta, Ga. on Thursday. Junior Neisha Butler has been on fire since returning to the squad two games ago averaging 13.5 points and 5.5 rebounds. Georgia Tech is outrebounding its opponents by 10.7 a game and is averaging 20 offensive rebounds a game, led by Regina Tate (7.9 rbs.) and Sonja Mallory (7.9 rbs.).
The Yellow Jackets fell 87-78 at home against Florida State to open ACC action.
The Series With Georgia Tech...
Duke and Georgia Tech will meet for the 46th time on Sunday in Atlanta, Ga. The Blue Devils have won the past 16 in a row against the Yellow Jackets, including the past seven in a row at Georgia Tech, and own an overall 38-7 record against Georgia Tech.
Duke's Coach G has an overall record of 17-3 against Georgia Tech. No current member on the Blue Devil squad has lost a game against Georgia Tech.
Last season, the Blue Devils defeated GT 74-54 in Atlanta and pulled out an 86-83 victory in Durham.
The Learning Process...
The Blue Devils will look to learn from the loss on Thursday against Tennessee and come back with a strong performance against ACC foe Georgia Tech.
In the last four years, Duke has lost back to back games only twice.
So far this season, after a loss Duke has come back with good performances against Charlotte and Davidson. In those contests, the Blue Devils scored 85.5 points a game, shot 54 percent from the field, dished out 22.0 assists, blocked 4.5 shots and had 17.0 steals.
Mosch Coming Alive...
Junior co-captain Sheana Mosch has been coming alive the past two games averaging 19.0 points and 5.5 rebounds against Liberty and Tennessee.
Mosch hit all 11 of her free throws, hit 52 percent of her field goals and 60 percent of her 3-point field goals in the two games.
The best finisher on the squad, Mosch has hit her last 15 consecutive free throws in the last three contests. She currently ranks second in the ACC in free throw percentage (.875).
Supporting Cast...
Since the Blue Devil roster was cut down to eight, Duke has used a total team effort to record a 4-1 record in the last five contests.
Five players are averaging double-figure points-- Beard (18.6), Mosch (15.8), Tillis (14.6), Currie (13.8) and Whitley (10.6).
The Blue Devils are shooting 51 percent from the field, 53 percent from 3-point land and hitting 77 percent from the free throw line, while averaging 89.8 points a contest.
Torched...
Last season as a freshman, Alana Beard torched Georgia Tech for a 23.0 points per game clip. The Shreveport, La. native, scored 29 points at home on 12 of 16 field goals as Duke won 86-83 and then scored 17 points and dished out five assists in the 74-54 victory.
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