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Notes: North Carolina 77, Duke 65
2/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
- Duke lost its fifth straight contest to North Carolina after winning 12 in a row against the Tar Heels.
- The Blue Devils finish No. 2 in the ACC Regular Season and will be the No. 2 seed in the ACC Tournament for the second straight year. The loss broke a five-year streak of winning or tying for the ACC Regular Season title.
- Monique Currie finished the game with 13 points, seven rebounds and hit only 5-of-18 from the field and 1-of-8 from three-point land. She entered the game hitting 48.0 percent from downtown. Currie turned 23 today as it was her birthday.
- In two games this season against North Carolina, Monique Currie hit 10 of 32 field goals and scored 13 points in each contest.
- The Blue Devils had season lows in points (65), three-point field goal percentage (14.3), and tied for season low with three three-pointers.
- Duke trailed 32-25 at the end of the first half, marking the third time this season the Blue Devils have trailed going into halftime.
- The Blue Devils were down by 10 points on two different occasions in the first half equalling the biggest deficit of the season (Maryland on Feb. 13, 2006). Then in the second half, Duke trailed by 17 points in the second half, which was the largest deficit of the year.
- Duke committed 14 turnovers in the first half and went on to finish with 23 for the game. The Blue Devils have turned the ball over 20 or more times in five out of the last seven games.
- North Carolina outrebounded Duke by 11 (30-19) in the first half and were outrebounded by a season-high 10 (54-44).
- Alison Bales tied a career-high with eight blocks. She moved into fourth place on the ACC career blocked shots list with 250 passing Dolores Bootz of Georgia Tech (245).
- Monique Currie finished eight 13 points on the night giving her 1,992 for her career. She needs eight more points to become the third Duke player to reach 2,000 career points.
- With her two assists in the game, Monique Currie moved into fifth place on Duke's all-time steals list with 218.
- Wanisha Smith tied a season-high with 16 points as she hit 5-of-9 from the field.
- As a team, Duke blocked 11 shots for the second straight game. It marked the eight time this season the Blue Devils have blocked 10 or more shots.
- Mistie Williams scored six points breaking a six-game streak of scoring 10 or more points. She had a team-best eight rebounds on the day.
- The Blue Devils dropped a point in the Carlyle Cup, a yearlong competition between Duke and North Carolina. UNC now leads 9-6.
- Duke falls to 5-2 on the season against ranked opponents.
- Duke will play in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament on March 3 at 7:00 p.m. against an opponent TBD.
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