Notes: Duke 65, N.C. State 64

With The Duke Victory:

Improved to 19-0 overall and 5-0 in ACC play on the season and remained the only undefeated team in the nation.
The 19-0 start continues the best start by a Coach P team over her 19 years as a head coach.
Moved the series record to 39-31 in favor of N.C. State.
Won its fifth straight game against the Wolfpack.
Coach P improved to 5-2 all-time against N.C. State.

With her 14 points, moved into eighth place on Duke's all-time scoring list with 1,448 points. She passed Chante Black (1438).
Notched 14 points, three rebounds, two steals and one assist.
Started her 79th straight game at Duke.

Freshman Chelsea Gray

Hit a layup with 12 seconds left to give Duke the victory.
Notched 13 points, five rebounds, one assist and one steal.
Broke a string of two games without a three-pointer as she hit 1-of-4.
Scored double-figures in five out of the last six away games.
Registered double-figure scoring for the ninth time this season and second in ACC action.

Junior Shay Selby

Provided a spark off the bench as she notched nine points, six rebounds, three steals and two assists in 18 minutes.
Started the second half.

Other Duke Notes:

Last time Duke trailed by as many as 20 points and came back was Jan. 3, 2004Opened the game 2-of-18 from the field.
Held NCSU without a field goal for the final 8:45 of the game.
Had only 15 turnovers in the game and only seven assists.
Posted 13 steals marking the ninth time out of the last 10 games with 10+ steals.
The 56.3 percent shooting in the second half is the fifth-highest of the season in the second half.
The 22 first half points and 21.9 percent first half field goal percentage were season lows.
Allowed a 51.9 field goal percentage in the first half, which was the second-highest of the season.
The 40-22 deficit at the half was the largest of the season (previous was 33-29 vs. Maryland on 1-6-11).
The 20-point deficit, 42-22, during the second half was the largest of the season (previous was 15 at Charlotte on 11-22-10).
Had only six turnovers in the second half.
Held a 17-8 advantage in second chance points.
Hit only 52.2 percent from the free throw line for the game, which is the third-lowest of the year.
Will next host Clemson on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7:00 p.m., in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

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