Notes: Duke 70, DePaul 63

Blue Devil Postgame Notes l DePaul l NCAA Tournament Second Round l March 27, 2011

With The Duke Victory:

Improved to 32-3 overall on the year.
Won its eighth straight game.
Advanced to the NCAA Regional final for the second straight year and the ninth time out of the last 14 years.
Will next face No. 1 seed Connecticut on Tuesday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m., on ESPN HD and ESPN3.com.
Improved to 46-17 overall in the NCAA Tournament.
Coach P improved to 19-14 in NCAA Tournament action as a head coach.
Improved to 14-4 overall when seeded No. 2 in the NCAA Tournament.
Notched its 42nd win over the last 16 years of the NCAA Tournament.
The starting lineup of J. Thomas, K. Thomas, Peters, Gray and Christmas improved to 5-0 on the season.
Posted its 10th win of the season against a ranked opponent and fourth versus a top 10 team.
Improved to 4-1 against No. 3 seeds in the NCAA Tournament

Totaled 19 points, four assists, three rebounds, one block and one steal.
Posted double-figure scoring for the 38th time out of 50 career games against ranked opponents.
With her four assists, moved into fifth place on Duke's all-time assists list (445).
With her 485 field goals attempted, moved into fifth place on Duke's all-time single season chart.
Now owns 62 treys this season to rank fifth on Duke's single-season list.
With her 1136 minutes played, now ranks sixth on Duke's single-season list.
Started the 119th game of her career, which ranks tied for fifth all-time on Duke's list along with Wanisha Smith.
Started her 95th straight game.

Junior Shay Selby

Took her ninth and 10th charges of the season and 19th and 20th of her career in the first half.

Freshman Chelsea Gray

Had 16 points, two steals, one assist and one rebound in 29 minutes.
Hit 5-of-5 field goals and 6-of-6 free throws.
Totaled double-figure scoring for her third straight NCAA Tournament game becoming only the second Blue Devil to do so – Alana Beard (2001).
Made her 17th start of the season and first in NCAA Tournament action.

Was held to zero points, while pulling down five rebounds.
With her 295 rebounds this season, moved into third place on Duke's single-season list.

Totaled a season-high 23 points, nine rebounds, three assists and three steals in 31 minutes.
Attempted a career-high 14 free throws.
Had her fourth 20+ point game of the season, seventh of her career and first in NCAA Tournament play.
Tallied 14 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals in 16 first half minutes. Combined for five points and five rebounds in the first half against UT Martin and Marist.
Registered double-figure scoring for the fourth time out of the last five games.

Freshman Haley Peters

Freshman Chloe Wells

Other Duke Notes

The 21 free throws made tied a season high for Duke.
Pulled down 19 offensive rebounds.
Hit only 1-of-10 from three-point range for a 10.0 percentage, which was a season low.
Outscored DePaul 40-20 in the paint.
Scored 70+ points sixth straight contest.
Notched 11 steals marking the 26th time this year with 10+ steals.
Had a different starting lineup for the eighth time out of the last 15 games.
With its 438 steals this season, now ranks tied for fourth on Duke's single-season list.
Attempted 2,182 field goals this season to rank seventh on Duke's single-season list.
With its 1,486 rebounds this year, now ranks fifth on Duke's single-season list.
Outrebounded DePaul, 43-34.
Turned the ball over only 13 times.