Notes: Duke 81, North Carolina 66

Blue Devil Postgame Notes l North Carolina l ACC Championship l March 6, 2011

With The Duke Victory:

Improved to 29-3 overall on the year.
Won its seventh overall and second straight ACC Championship in school history (2000-04, 2010-11).
Have won 29 out of the last 34 contests in the ACC Tournament.
Blue Devil seniors improved to 10-2 all-time in ACC Tournament play, including six straight wins.
Moved to 29-5 all-time in ACC Tournament games at the Greensboro Coliseum and are 31-6 overall in the Coliseum.
Now owns a record of 7-5 in ACC Championship games.
Duke seniors now own a 2-2 record in the ACC Championship.
Won its second straight game against North Carolina and snapped a two-game losing streak against UNC in the ACC Championship game.
Improved to 6-1 all-time against No. 6 seeds in the ACC Tournament, including wins in back-to-back ACC Championship games (NC State).
Received one point in the Battle of the Blues, which is a season series between Duke and North Carolina. UNC leads 10-6.
Is now 5-3 all-time against UNC in the ACC Championship game.
Joanne P. McCallie improved to 34-11 all-time in league tournament action. Won her seventh overall league title and second ACC Championship.

Named ACC Tournament MVP for the second straight year.
Finished with a team-high 21 points, marking the fifth 20+ points game of the season and 18th of her career.
Only the second Duke player to be named ACC Tournament MVP twice (Iciss Tillis – 2003, '04).
With her 12 points in the first half, moved past Georgia Schweitzer (1,620) on Duke's all-time scoring list at No. 7. Thomas now owns 1,633 points.
With her one assist, moved into a tie for sixth on Duke's all-time charts (432).
Now ranks second on Duke's all-time field goals attempted list with 1,600.
Has 3,972 minutes played over her career moving into fourth all-time at Duke.
Finished her ACC Tournament career as Duke's all-time leader in assists (42).
Started her 92nd straight game.
Registered 12 points in the first half, equaling the most she has scored in the first stanza this year (Clemson on Jan. 26).
Totaled double-figure scoring against a ranked opponent for the 36th time out of 48 contests, including 24 out of the last 25. Posted her 10th career 20+ scoring game and second in ACC Tournament action.

Freshman Chelsea Gray

Totaled 10 points, three rebounds, one assist, two blocks and one steal.
Registered double-figure scoring for the third straight game against North Carolina.
Posted 10+ points in seven out of the last 10 games.

With her eight rebounds, moved into a tie for fourth on Duke's single-season rebound list along with Chante Black (278).
Had a career-high four assists.

Named All-ACC Tournament First Team for the second straight year.
Had 13 points, nine rebounds, one assist, one steal and one blocked shot.
Totaled double-figure scoring in seven of the last eight ACC Tournament games.
Became the 27th player in school history to register 1,000 points. She now owns 1,004 points.
Went down with a hard foul at the 14:47 mark of the first half (Duke leading 10-8). Returned at the 11:04 mark.

Freshman Haley Peters

Totaled 14 points, four rebounds and one assist in 21 minutes.
Notched double-figure scoring for the second ACC Tournament game out of three as a freshman.
Now owns eight double-digit scoring games this season, including three out of the last five.
Hit her sixth three-pointer of the season at the 5:36 mark of the second half.
Averaged 10.7 points and 4.3 rebounds in the ACC Tournament.

Other Duke Notes

Hit 20-of-41 from three-point land for the tournament (48.8%). The 48.8 percentage is a Duke ACC Tournament best.
Outrebounded UNC, 38-27, including a 24-11 advantage in the second half.
Held a 28-12 advantage in bench points.
Hit 17-of-20 free throws for an 85.0 percentage.
Hit 40.0 percent from the field for the game.
Led 37-32 at the half, marking the first time the Blue Devils have led UNC at the half this season (3rd meeting).
Faced UNC in the ACC Championship for the 11th time in school history.