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WBB Game Notes: UConn, Monday, 7 PM, ESPN2
1/29/2012 1:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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#3/3 UConn (19-2, 8-1) at #5/5 Duke (17-2, 8-0)
Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 * 7:00 PM ESPN2 & ESPN3
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) * Durham, N.C.
Television: ESPN2 & ESPN3 - Pam Ward (PXP), Rebecca Lobo (Color)
Radio: WDNC-AM 620 & www.GoDuke.com; Steve Barnes (PXP), Morgan Patrick (Color)
Live Stats: www.GoDuke.com
Live Blog: www.GoDuke.com
Twitter: Duke_WBB & CoachPDuke
Facebook: Duke Women's Basketball
Series History: UConn leads 7-3
Inside Duke
Record: 17-2, 8-0 ACC
Ranking: #5 (AP), #5 (Coaches)
Last Result: W, 81-37 at Clemson, 1-27-12
Up Next: vs. Wake Forest, 2-2-12
Head Coach: Joanne P. McCallie (5th Year)
Duke Record: 131-28 (5th Year)
Career Record: 447-176 (20th Year)
Inside Connecticut
Record: 19-2, 8-1 Big East
Ranking: #3 (AP), #3 (Coaches)
Last Result: W, 77-62 vs. South Florida, 1-28-12
Up Next: vs. Rutgers, 2-4-12
Head Coach: Geno Auriemma (27th Year)
UConn Record: 790-126 (27th Year)
Career Record: same
Cameron to Host Top-Five Showdown on Monday With No. 5 Duke & No. 3 Connecticut...
Cameron Indoor Stadium will host a top-five showdown on Monday, Jan. 30 with No. 5 Duke (17-2, 8-0 ACC) hosting No. 3 Connecticut (19-2, 8-1 Big East) at 7:00 p.m. The game will be aired nationally on ESPN2 with Pam Ward (PXP) and Rebecca Lobo (Color) calling the action for Big Monday. It marks the first of two straight ESPN2 Big Monday games Duke will host (UNC on Feb. 6).
Monday's game can also be heard live at WDNC AM 620 and on www.GoDuke.com via the Blue Devil IMG Network's Steve Barnes (PXP) and Morgan Patrick (Color).
Duke is riding an 11-game winning streak on the season, while also maintaining a 34-game home court winning streak in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils have also won 15-straight home contests against non-conference opponents. Limited tickets remain for the contest and to purchase yours call 919-681-BLUE or visit www.GoDuke.com/tickets.
Noting Duke...
Allison Vernerey (65.8) and Richa Jackson (62.7) rank 1-2 in ACC games only for field goals percentage , while Jackson ranks third overall (54.0) ... Vernerey has played in team-best 91 straight contests ... Duke ranks first in the ACC with a 36.0 three-point field goal percentage ... Chelsea Gray's 6.4 assists per game ranks No. 1 in the ACC, while Elizabeth Williams is fourth in rebounds (8.7) in the ACC ... Gray is tied for the ACC lead with a 2.1 assist/turnover ratio ... Williams is averaging 4.8 blocks per game in ACC action, which leads the league ... the Blue Devils have won 53 ACC contests over the last five years and 67 over the last six ... nine different Blue Devils have registered double-figure scoring so far on the season ... Duke is the reigning back-to-back ACC Champion and has won a total of seven ACC Championships.
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A Look At Connecticut...
Connecticut enters Monday's contest with a ledger of 18-2 and 7-1 in the Big East while riding a seven-game win streak. In their last outing, the Huskies posted a 77-62 win over South Florida in Hartford. Tiffany Hayes (16.5 points, 5.9 rebounds), K Mosqueda-Lewis (14.5 points, 5.4 rebounds), Bria Hartley (14.5 points, 4.0 rebounds) and Stefanie Dolson (10.1 points, 6.3 rebounds) are all averaging double figures for Connecticut.
Head coach Geno Auriemma is in his 27th year at the helm of the program and owns an all-time record of 789-226. Last season, he guided the Huskies to a 36-2 record and a trip to the NCAA Final Four.
The Series With Connecticut...
The Huskies and Blue Devils have faced each other only 10 times in school history with the series in Connecticut's favor, 7-3. Duke had won two straight contests against Connecticut before falling, 74-48, in the Paradise Jam on Nov. 25, 2007, which came during Coach P's first season with the Blue Devils. Since then, Connecticut has won four straight contests.
Over the course of the series, the higher ranked team has won six of the 10 contests. The home team had not won a game in the series until last season, when the Huskies claimed an 87-51 victory in Storrs.
Blue Devil Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie will face Connecticut for the seventh time. She owns a 1-5 record with the victory coming on Dec. 29, 2004 at UConn in Gampel Pavilion, 67-51, while at MSU.
Duke Versus the Big East...
Duke holds an all-time record of 36-20 against teams from the Big East Conference -- Cincinnati (0-1), Connecticut (3-7), DePaul (2-1), Georgetown (4-0), Louisville (1-1), Marquette (3-0), Notre Dame (1-5), Pittsburgh (4-0), Providence (3-1), Rutgers (3-2), St. John's (1-0), Seton Hall (4-2), South Florida (3-0), Syracuse (1-0), Villanova (1-0) and West Virginia (2-0). McCallie is 22-11 against Big East conference members in her career.
Storylines/Other Blue Devil Notes...
- Over the last four games, Duke has posted a 13.0 rebound margin. The Blue Devils have been outrebounded only one time this season, which was the season opener at BYU.
- Monday's contest will feature two of the top shooting teams in the nation -- Connecticut (49.2%) and Duke (48.2%).
- Duke has held four opponents to under 40 points this season. In Coach P's five years at Duke, the Blue Devils have held 21 opponents to under 40 points.
- With under three minutes left in games, Chelsea Gray is hitting 57.1 percent of her field goals and has scored 35 of Duke's 106 points. In her Blue Devil career, she has hit 21 of 39 field goals (53.9%) in the final three minutes of games.
- Over the last three games, Duke has hit 54.3 percent of its field goals. On the year, the Blue Devils have hit 50.0 percent of their field goals or better a total of eight times.
- Chelsea Gray posted back-to-back season high points with 16 and 17 against Georgia Tech and Maryland, respectively. She averaged 16.5 points, 7.5 assists, 4.5 rebounds in those two games.
- The Blue Devils are coming off posting a season-low nine turnovers against No. 8 Maryland and having only 12 at Clemson. It is the fewest turnovers in back-to-back games since 2003-04 (18).
- Duke shot 62.3 percent from the field at Georgia Tech on Jan. 18, which is the highest ever for a Coach P team since arriving in Durham five years ago.
- Freshman Elizabeth Williams owns 73 blocked shots in only 19 contests. She owns the Duke freshman single-season blocks record passing Sarah Sullivan (68). Williams also moved into third place on the ACC single-season freshman blocks ledger.
- Duke moved to No. 5 in the Associated Press poll on Monday, Jan. 16. The Blue Devils have now been in the top five 19 times over the last five years. The Blue Devils have been ranked in the top 10 the past 45 straight weeks. Duke leads the ACC with 217 all-time weeks ranked in the top 10. Next closest is UNC with 193.
- Duke is averaging 76.9 points this season, which is the most for a Blue Devil squad since 2005-06 with an 86.0 ledger. The most for a Coach P squad in her previous four years was 72.1 in 2008-09.
- Sophomore Tricia Liston has notched a team-best seven contests with 18 or more points - 23 vs. Gardner-Webb, 22 vs. Western Kentucky, 20 at Temple, 19 against Pittsburgh, 20 vs. Florida State, 18 versus UNCW and Virginia. She owns four games with 20+ points. A year ago, Jasmine Thomas had a total of five.
- Junior Allison Vernerey has hit 35 of her last 51 field goals (68.6%) in the last 10 contests. She has hit 68.0 percent of her field goals (25-of-38) the last five games (65.8%).
- Duke is currently averaging 17.5 assists per game on the year, which is the most since the 2005-06 campaign (20.5). Since Coach P joined the Blue Devils in 2007-08, the most Duke has averaged in a season is 15.0 in 2007-08 and 2010-11.
- Freshman Elizabeth Williams has 166 rebounds over her first 19 collegiate games, which ranks as the second-most over a rookie's first 19 contests in Duke history -- Chris Moreland (191), Elizabeth Williams (166), Chante Black (129), Stacy Hurd (129).
- The Blue Devils have won 26 straight games in Cameron Indoor Stadium against ACC opponents. Duke has not lost an ACC contest at home since Maryland posted a 76-69 win on Feb. 17, 2008. Coach P is 29-2 at home against ACC opponents in her five years at Duke.
- Heading into the season, Duke's eight returning letterwinners owned 83 career starts, while 2011 graduates Jasmine Thomas, Krystal Thomas and Karima Christmas totaled 237 starts over the last four years.
- The average age of Duke's squad this season is 19 years old. This is the youngest since the 2000-01 squad that had an average age of 18.2.
- Over the last 12 years, Duke owns the third-most wins in the nation -- Connecticut (398), Tennessee (358) and Duke (351) through games of 1/28.
- Duke lost 45.8 percent of its scoring from a year ago with the graduation of Jasmine Thomas, Krystal Thomas and Karima Christmas. All three were selected in the 2011 WNBA Draft.
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Top Five Matchups...
Cameron Indoor Stadium will host its ninth top-five matchup since the 2007-08 campaign. In those games, Duke has registered a 4-4 record, but three of those losses came in the 2007-08. The Blue Devils have a 3-1 mark over the last three years with the lone loss coming to Connecticut, 81-48, in 2009-10. Duke has won four in a row against top 10 teams at home in Cameron dating back to last season.
Duke has won 57 out of the last 58 games at home with the lone loss coming to the Huskies. Prior to the Jan. 18, 2010 contest against Connecticut, Duke had a 23-game home court winning streak.
Hey, I know You...
Blue Devil sophomore Haley Peters played with Connecticut guard Caroline Doty on the Philadelphia Belles AAU squad.
Freshman Elizabeth Williams played with Connecticut's Stefanie Dolson, Bria Hartley and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis on the USA Women's U19 World Championship squad this past summer that won the gold medal Puerto, Chile with an 8-1 record.
Williams and Mosqueda-Lewis also played on the U17 World Championship team that won the gold medal in Toulouse, France with an 8-0 mark in the summer of 2010. Over the summer of 2009, Williams, Mosqueda-Lewis and UConn's Kiah Stokes led the USA U16 National Team to a 5-0 mark and the gold medal in Mexico City.
Playing at Home in 2011-12...
The Blue Devils are currently 9-0 at home in 2011-12 and feature six double-figure scorers -- Elizabeth Williams (14.2), Chloe Wells (12.6), Haley Peters (12.2), Chelsea Gray (11.4), Tricia Liston (11.2) and Richa Jackson (10.0).
Duke is averaging 82.4 points, while holding opponents to 54.3 points a game. The Blue Devils are hitting 48.8 percent of their field goals in those contests. In the nine games, Duke is forcing 24.4 turnovers a game and averaging 15.7 steals.
Peters has scored double-digits in 7-of-9 home games, while hitting 54.9 percent of her field goals. Liston is hitting 48.6 percent from downtown and Jackson is hitting 54.5 percent of her field goals in Cameron. Gray is dishing 8.1 assists at home, while Williams is averaging 14.2 points, 9.3 boards and 3.2 blocks.
Charting the Top Freshmen...
Blue Devil rookie Elizabeth Williams is establishing herself as one of the top freshmen in the nation and in the running for National Freshman of the Year. Other top rookies are Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (UConn), Ariel Massengale (Tenn), Bria Smith (Louisville), Bria Goss (Kentucky) and Reshanda Gray (California).
By the numbers --
E.Williams - 14.2 points, 8.7 reb., 3.8 blocks, 1.5 steals, 1.5 assists
K.Mosqueda-Lewis - 14.5 points, 5.4 reb., 1.5 steals, 2.0 assists
A.Massengale 7.5 points, 2.5 reb., 1.7 steals, 5.5 assists
B.Goss - 11.4 points, 4.7 reb., 1.6 assists, 1.7 steals
B.Smith - 11.0 points, 4.2 reb., 2.3 steals, 2.2 assists
R.Gray - 10.2 points, 5.0 reb.
Against the Ranked...
Duke is 2-2 this season against ranked opponents with wins over No. 8 Maryland and No. 13 Purdue - both at home.
The Blue Devils are coming off totaling 80 points and only nine turnovers against Maryland, but on the season are averaging 65.8 points in four games versus ranked foes.
Over the last three games against ranked opponents, Haley Peters has averaged 16.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.0 assists, while hitting 68.8 percent of her field goals.
Elizabeth Williams owns averages of 14.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals against ranked teams.
Peters Sets Fire...
Sophomore Haley Peters played one of her best collegiate games against Maryland on Jan. 22 as she scored a career-high 21 points, hit a career-high 10-of-12 field goals, had five rebounds, one assist, one steal and had no turnovers in 32 minutes.
In the previous three contests, Peters had scored only 13 points combined. Peters has notched 10 or more points a total of 12 times this season. She came back at Clemson and notched 12 points, a career-high six assists and three rebounds in only 23 minutes.
Over the last two games, Peters has averaged 16.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists.
Home Sweet Home...
Due Joanne P. McCallie took over as head coach at Duke in 2007-08, she has guided the Blue Devils to a 66-4 overall record in Cameron Indoor Stadium. During that stretch, the Blue Devils posted a 14-0 mark in 2008-09 and 17-0 ledger in 2010-11, which was only the second and third undefeated home seasons in school history.
The Blue Devils have registered 51 wins out of its last 53 games at home against non-conference foes. Over the last 10 years, the Blue Devils have posted a 78-5 overall record against non-conference opponents in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The losses came against Tennessee (2), Connecticut (2) and South Carolina.
Duke is currently riding a school-record 34-game winning streak in Cameron and has won 57 out of the last 58 games at home. In Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke has won 66 out of the last 70 contests, 80 out of the last 84 and 161 out of the last 171 games since 2000-01.
Duke's current 34-game winning streak in Cameron Indoor Stadium ranks as the best in school history. The other top streaks are -- 24 (2005-06 through 2007-08; 2007-08 through 2009-10; 21 (2001-02 through 2002-03), 20 (2003-04 through 2004-05) and 16 (1998-99 through 1999-2000).
The 34-game winning streak also ranks as the fifth-best streak nationally -- Connecticut (97), Stanford (74), Miami (36), Baylor (35), Duke (34) -- updated through games of 1/28.
An Impressive Freshman...
Over the last five games, freshman Elizabeth Williams is averaging 17.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.4 blocks, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals. She posted 20 points in two straight contests against Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. Williams has collected a 53.1 field goal percentage in those contests.
She has been named the ACC Rookie of the Week in each of the last three weeks and a total of six times, which is the second-most by a Duke freshman (Alana Beard - 7). Williams ranks tied for fourth all-time in ACC history with six selections. She is three away from the league record of nine held by Tracy Connor in 1992-93. On the year, she has posted three double-doubles and one triple-double.
Action Jackson...
For the first time in her career, sophomore Richa Jackson posted double-figure scoring over a four-game span -- Temple (10), Virginia (12), Wake Forest (11) and N.C. State (21). The streak concluded against Florida State with eight points. Jackson responded with double-figures the next four contests.
Over the last nine games, Jackson has averaged 12.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.6 assists. She has hit 60.8 percent of her field goals and 42.9 percent from downtown in that stretch.
Against N.C. State, Jackson posted a career-high 21 points, a career-high five steals, seven rebounds and two assists. She hit a career-high 8-of-11 field goals and drained her first three-pointer of the season. At Georgia Tech, she scored 17 points, had four assists, two rebounds and hit 8-of-9 field goals.
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