Upcoming Event: Women's Basketball versus SMU on February 8, 2026 at 2 p.m.
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2 p.m.
Women's Basketball
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Notes: Duke 57, Charlotte 44
11/23/2009 9:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
With The Duke Victory:
- Improved to 3-1 on the season.
- Moved the series record to 7-3 in favor of Duke against Charlotte.
- Won its 16th straight home contest..
Junior Krystal Thomas
- Registered three blocks in the first eight minutes of the game to tie a season high. Went on to finish the game with four swats.
- Added eight points, five rebounds and four blocks.
Senior Bridgette Mitchell
- Tied a career high with three blocked shots.
- Added nine points, four rebounds and three steals in 23 minutes.
Senior Keturah Jackson
- Notched five steals on the night and now owns a team-best 15 on the season.
Junior Jasmine Thomas
- Posted a career-high eight assists on the night.
- Finished with 10 points, eight assists, five rebounds and one blocked shot.
Junior Karima Christmas
- After missing her first seven three-point field goal attempts, she made her first attempt in the first half.
- Hit 2-of-4 from downtown and had six points, three rebounds and three steals.
Senior Joy Cheek
- Led Duke with nine points and seven rebounds in 16 minutes in the first half.
- Finished the game with 12 points, 13 rebounds, three blocks and three steals in 30 minutes.
- Totaled first double-double of the season and fourth of her career.
- Had double-digit scoring for the third time out of four games.
Other Duke Notes:
- The Blue Devils moved up one spot to No. 10 in the Associated Press poll on Monday.
- As a team, blocked seven first half shots and went on to swat a season-high 10 for the game. It marks the second time this season the Blue Devils have blocked 10+ shots.
- Hit a season-high five three-point field goals.
- Had 15 steals and has notched double-digit steals in all four games.
- Tied a season-low with 12 steals.
- Held a 17-8 advantage in second chance points.
- The 51 rebounds was the second-most this season.
- Outrebounded the 49ers, 51-38, for the game. Duke has now outrebounded its opponents in all four games this season.
- Hit a season-low four free throws out of 11 attempts.
- Duke will next travel to Cancun, Mexico for the Caribbean Challenge from Nov. 26-27. The Blue Devils will take on Western Kentucky on Nov. 26 at 6:00 p.m. and then will face Marquette on Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
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