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Duke & UNC to Conclude Regular Season Sunday
2/26/2022 8:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Duke Blue Devils (16-11, 7-10 ACC) at #18 North Carolina (22-5, 12-5)
Sunday, Feb. 27 • 4:00 PM
Chapel Hill, N.C. • ACC Network
Carmichael Arena (6,822)
Tickets: www.GoHeels.com (1-919-962-2296)
Live Stats: www.GoDuke.com
Radio: Blue Devil Sports Network (WDNC 620 AM, www.GoDuke.com, Varsity Network App)
Radio Talent: Chris Edwards (PXP)
TV/Video: ACC Network
TV Talent: Roy Philpott (PXP), Brooke Weisbrod (Color)
Game Notes l Watch on ACC Network l Listen Live l Live Stats l Twitter l Duke Media Hub l Duke Media Guide
Setting the Scene...
To conclude the regular season, Duke (16-11, 7-10) will travel down Tobacco Road to face rival 18th-ranked North Carolina (22-5, 12-5) on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m., in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The game will be carried live on ACC Network with Roy Philpott (PXP) and Brooke Weisbrod (Color) calling the action. It will also be aired on the Blue Devil Sports Network via WDNC AM 620, the Varsity Network app and www.GoDuke.com with Chris Edwards (PXP) on the air at 3:45 p.m.
What is Next?...
Duke will head to the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C., as the Blue Devils will be the No. 10 seed and face either Pitt or Virginia at 3:30 p.m., on Wednesday, March 2. The bracket will officially be released on Sunday evening.
A Look at North Carolina...
North Carolina enters the contest with a 22-5 overall and 12-5 league mark. The Tar Heels have been led by Deja Kelly (16.3 points, 46 treys), Alyssa Ustby (13.0 points, 8.7 rebounds) and Kennedy Todd-Williams (10.4 points).
So far this season, North Carolina has totaled a 12-1 ledger at home with the lone loss coming against NC State.
The Series with North Carolina...
Duke and North Carolina will meet for the 103rd time in school history with the series tied, 51-51. The Blue Devils have won 12 out of the last 14 contests in the series.
In games played in Chapel Hill, Duke holds a 16-29 ledger and won five out of the last six contests.
Duke at Full Strength...
For the first time since returning from Christmas break, Duke was at full strength against Wake Forest on Feb. 6. The Blue Devils totaled an 81-76 victory.
The Blue Devils had gone 11 straight contests with at least one student-athlete or coach in each game out due to either injury, suspension or health and safety protocols.
Duke head coach Kara Lawson missed the UNC, Louisville and Georgia Tech contests due to health and safety protocols. She returned at Pitt to help snap a three-game losing streak.
With Duke's core team together, the Blue Devils have totaled a 12-5 record this season with the lone losses coming to top-ranked South Carolina, versus Florida State, No. 3 NC State (Feb. 13), Virginia (Feb. 17) and Boston College (Feb. 24).
Taylor Returns to the Court...
After missing seven games with an injury, Celeste Taylor returned to the court and sparked the Blue Devils to a win at Pitt, snapping a three-game losing streak. Since returning, Taylor has averaged 8.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.6 steals. She has hit only 30.4 percent from the field and 20.0 percent from downtown.
In the seven games Taylor was out, the Blue Devils saw their offense struggle - hitting 41.5 percent from the field, 30.7 percent from downtown while averaging only 61.4 points. The Duke defense allowed 66.6 points in those games as well. In the first 13 games with Taylor, Duke hit 44.6 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from downtown and averaged 74.7 points. The Blue Devil defense was allowing only 59.4 points with Taylor as well.
Milestone Watch...
• Lexi Gordon needs 49 points to reach 1,000 for her career. Her 48 three-pointers is a career-best for the fifth-year senior.
• Duke has made 186 three-pointers and needs one more to move into a tie for 10th on the Blue Devil single-season charts. The 588 three-pointers attempted is a new school record.
• Shayeann Day-Wilson has moved into sixth on Duke's freshman three-pointers made (40) and fourth on the attempted lists (117). With her three games with 20+ points on the season, she ranks tied for 10th on Duke's freshman charts.
• Miela Goodchild needs three 3-pointers to move into a tie for eighth on Duke's all-time treys list with 170, which would tie Haley Gorecki.
• Jade Williams owns 112 career blocks and needs 19 rejections to move into a tie for 10th on Duke's all-time charts along with Mistie Bass (131).
Storylines/Other Blue Devil Notes...
• Duke's post duo of Jade Williams and Onome Akinbode-James have shared time down low and have been productive this season. They have averaged a combined 10.6 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and 1.7 assists, while hitting 54.1 percent from the floor.
• Miela Goodchild has hit 33 three-pointers this season in ACC play. If she can reach 40 in the last game, she would become just the second Blue Devil to post two seasons with 40+ three-pointers made in ACC play (Rebecca Greenwell). The most 3-pointers made in ACC action in a season is 42 by Tricia Liston in 2013-14 and Goodchild in 2018-19.
• Jade Williams and Onome Akinbode-James are two of only 13 Blue Devils to reach the 100-block mark over their careers.
• Over the last four games, the Blue Devils have averaged 18.7 points a game in the fourth quarter. The only problem is that Duke has allowed 19.7 points in the fourth as well.
• Shayeann Day-Wilson has struggled shooting over the last five games hitting only 16-of-60 field goals and 1-of-18 from downtown. She has averaged 9.2 points, 4.0 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals. In the last four contests, she is 0-of-13 from 3-point land.
• Duke registered 21 first quarter points against NC State, which was the most by the Blue Devils in the first quarter in ACC play this season.
• Celeste Taylor leads the Blue Devils with 10 charges taken. She had a season-best three against Florida State on Feb. 10.
• Senior Jade Williams has hit 43-of-72 field goals for a 59.7 percentage since returning from Christmas break.
• Miela Goodchild hit only 6-of-21 treys over the first nine games of the season, but has drained 35 the last 17 contests. She was held scoreless in back-to-back games and attempted only three treys in 30 minutes, but responded with a team-high 13 points at Clemson on Sunday.
• Since Elizabeth Balogun scored 22 and 27 points against Virginia Tech and Notre Dame, respectively, she has averaged only 5.9 points, hit 34.6 percent from the field and 17.2 percent from downtown. She was held scoreless for the first time this season at Virginia on Feb. 17. She has notched 10+ points three times in those 15 games.
• Senior Onome Akinbode-James has pulled down five or more rebounds in 11 out of the last 15 games.
• Duke totaled an 8-7 record at home this season, which is most losses in Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1991-92. The Blue Devils had a 7-7 ledger that season.
• In ACC games only, Miela Goodchild ranks second in 3-point field goal percentage (38.8) and eighth in 3-point field goals made (2.06). Onome Akinbode-James ranks seventh in blocks (1.24). Shayeann Day-Wilson ranks fifth in assists (3.7), 14th in free throw percentage (72.1) and 18th in scoring (12.1).
• Duke features six different Blue Devils that have led the squad in scoring at least one game -- Lexi Gordon (5), Miela Goodchild (5), Celeste Taylor (2), Shayeann Day-Wilson (9), Elizabeth Balogun (5) and Onome Akinbode-James (1).
• The Blue Devils currently have four different players who have scored 20+ points in a game this season -- Celeste Taylor, Lexi Gordon (2), Elizabeth Balogun (2) and Shayeann Day-Wilson (3).
• In the 31 games under Kara Lawson since arriving, Duke has scored 70+ points in 15 of the 31 contests. The Blue Devils have won every game in which they have scored 70 points. The games at Miami and home versus Virginia marked the first wins without scoring 70+ points.
• Elizabeth Balogun stepped on the court in 2021-22 with Duke marking the third different ACC squad she has played for. She is the first women's basketball player in ACC history to play for three different teams in the league (Louisville, Georgia Tech).
• Blue Devil senior Elizabeth Balogun represented her home country of Nigeria in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She appeared in all three contests for the Nigerians and played with former Duke standout Oderah Chidom with Nigeria.
• Duke features three graduate students in 2021-22 that are all attending the Duke Fuqua School of Business -- Amaya Finklea-Guity, Jade Williams and Lexi Gordon.
• Kara Lawson's playing career has her in elite company as she is one of only three NCAA Division I women's basketball coaches to play in a NCAA Final Four, win an Olympic Gold Medal and win a WNBA Championship (Lindsay Whalen of Minnesota and Cynthia Cooper-Dyke of Texas Southern).
• Junior transfer Jordyn Oliver will miss the 2021-22 season, after suffering an achilles injury over the summer.
• Follow @DukeWBB and @KaraLawson20 on Twitter to get the latest updates on Duke women's basketball. Also, "Like" Duke Women's Basketball on Facebook to get the latest videos, pictures and more. DWB is on Instagram at dukewbb, while Kara Lawson is at KaraLawson.
Against the Tar Heels...
As a rookie at Georgia Tech, Elizabeth Balogun collected a career-high 35 points against North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She hit 11-of-20 field goals, 6-of-12 treys and 7-of-9 free throws. Balogun grabbed five rebounds, dished five assists and had three steals in 40 minutes.
Last season at Louisville, Balogun notched 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists in 26 minutes against the Tar Heels.
As a sophomore against North Carolina in Cameron, Jade Williams notched 15 points, 13 rebounds and three steals in 35 minutes.
Last Meeting...
Three Blue Devils notched double-figure scoring efforts, but 21st-ranked Duke dropped a 78-62 decision to in-state rival North Carolina on Jan. 27.
Duke played the contest without head coach Kara Lawson due to COVID protocols, Celeste Taylor (injury) and Nyah Green.
Seniors Elizabeth Balogun and Miela Goodchild each finished the game with a team-high 14 points and freshman Shayeann Day-Wilson added 10 points to lead the Blue Devil scoring efforts. Day-Wilson also finished the contest with a team-high eight rebounds and four assists.
The opening 10 minutes was back-and-forth as the lead changed hands six times with neither team able to keep the other at bay. Sophomore Vanessa de Jesus opened the game scoring with a floater in the lane then North Carolina responded with the next six before graduate student Lexi Gordon's right-wing triple cut the visitor's lead to one. The Blue Devils fought back and built a 16-13 lead midway through the quarter behind Lee Volker's score off a 2-on-1 break with Goodchild, followed by Balogun's pull up jumper. Duke was in front by three as the first winded down, but a four-point play at the end of the period put the Tar Heels in front heading into the second.
Duke got baskets from Gordon, senior Onome Akinbode-James and graduate student Jade Williams, as well as free throw from Goodchild, but the home team was outscored 28-8 in the second period as the Blue Devils got into foul trouble with five players with two fouls.
The Blue Devils faced a 47-26 deficit at the break. Balogun paced the offense with seven points in the first half and Gordon snagged a team-high three rebounds. Five different Duke players combined for the team's five assists in the first half.
De Jesus, Day-Wilson and Gordon combined for all 12 Blue Devil points in the third period. De Jesus got going in the third, scoring six points, while remaining perfect from the floor. Day-Wilson added four to her total to become the first Blue Devil to reach double digits and Gordon also chipped in a bucket. Duke shot just 4-of-16 from the floor though and still trailed by a sizeable margin heading into the final quarter.
Goodchild netted 13 points in the fourth as she drained her final three 3-point attempts and Balogun added seven of her 14 points as the Blue Devils outscored the Tar Heels 24-17 in the quarter. However, the deficit proved too much to overcome as North Carolina claimed the 78-62 win.
Alyssa Ustby led North Carolina with 20 points.
Versus the Ranked...
So far this season, Duke has collected a 2-6 record against ranked opponents, but has lost five in a row.
Shayeann Day-Wilson has stepped up her game against ranked opponents averaging 14.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.4 steals. She has drained 13 treys in eight games. Day-Wilson had 25 points at Louisville and has scored double-digits in five straight against ranked opponents.
Celeste Taylor has averaged 11.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2.3 steals against ranked teams. Elizabeth Balogun registered a season-high 27 points against 17th-ranked Notre Dame earlier this season.
40+ Treys...
For only the second time in school history, Duke features three Blue Devils that have reached 40 or more 3-pointers made on the season.
Lexi Gordon (48), Miela Goodchild (41) and Shayeann Day-Wilson (40) have each reached the mark.
The only other times Duke has accomplished this was in 1995-96 with Kira Orr (42), Ali Day (44) and Jen Scanlon (48).
Different Starting Lineups...
In comparing NCAA Tournament bubble teams, Duke ranks tied for second among different starting lineups this season. At one point during league action, Duke had at least one player out due to injury, health & safety protocols or other reasons.
Florida State leads with 11, while Duke and Mississippi State are tied for second with 10.
NCAA Bubble Teams - Different Starting Lineups
11 Florida State
10 Duke, Mississippi State
8 Oregon State
7 Kentucky, Missouri State
6 Northwestern, Villanova
5 Rhode Island
4 Gonzaga
3 Marquette, Tulane, Miami, Boston College
2 Colorado, DePaul
NCAA Bubble Teams
Different Starting Lineups in League Play
9 Duke
6 Florida State
5 Mississippi State
4 Villanova
3 Oregon State, Northwestern
3 Kentucky, Missouri State
2 Rhode Island
2 Gonzaga
1 Marquette, Tulane, Colorado, Miami
1 DePaul, Boston College
In ACC games, the Blue Devils featured seven different starting lineups in the first 10 league games due to injuries and health and safety protocols. No Duke player has started each of the ACC games.
Duke had the same starting lineup for the first 10 games this season. Eight different players have started at least one game this season. The Blue Devils have totaled 10 different lineups on the season.
In comparing the ACC, Pitt and Duke are tied for the most different starting lineups in league play with nine.
Sunday, Feb. 27 • 4:00 PM
Chapel Hill, N.C. • ACC Network
Carmichael Arena (6,822)
Tickets: www.GoHeels.com (1-919-962-2296)
Live Stats: www.GoDuke.com
Radio: Blue Devil Sports Network (WDNC 620 AM, www.GoDuke.com, Varsity Network App)
Radio Talent: Chris Edwards (PXP)
TV/Video: ACC Network
TV Talent: Roy Philpott (PXP), Brooke Weisbrod (Color)
Game Notes l Watch on ACC Network l Listen Live l Live Stats l Twitter l Duke Media Hub l Duke Media Guide
Setting the Scene...
To conclude the regular season, Duke (16-11, 7-10) will travel down Tobacco Road to face rival 18th-ranked North Carolina (22-5, 12-5) on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m., in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The game will be carried live on ACC Network with Roy Philpott (PXP) and Brooke Weisbrod (Color) calling the action. It will also be aired on the Blue Devil Sports Network via WDNC AM 620, the Varsity Network app and www.GoDuke.com with Chris Edwards (PXP) on the air at 3:45 p.m.
What is Next?...
Duke will head to the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C., as the Blue Devils will be the No. 10 seed and face either Pitt or Virginia at 3:30 p.m., on Wednesday, March 2. The bracket will officially be released on Sunday evening.
A Look at North Carolina...
North Carolina enters the contest with a 22-5 overall and 12-5 league mark. The Tar Heels have been led by Deja Kelly (16.3 points, 46 treys), Alyssa Ustby (13.0 points, 8.7 rebounds) and Kennedy Todd-Williams (10.4 points).
So far this season, North Carolina has totaled a 12-1 ledger at home with the lone loss coming against NC State.
The Series with North Carolina...
Duke and North Carolina will meet for the 103rd time in school history with the series tied, 51-51. The Blue Devils have won 12 out of the last 14 contests in the series.
In games played in Chapel Hill, Duke holds a 16-29 ledger and won five out of the last six contests.
Duke at Full Strength...
For the first time since returning from Christmas break, Duke was at full strength against Wake Forest on Feb. 6. The Blue Devils totaled an 81-76 victory.
The Blue Devils had gone 11 straight contests with at least one student-athlete or coach in each game out due to either injury, suspension or health and safety protocols.
Duke head coach Kara Lawson missed the UNC, Louisville and Georgia Tech contests due to health and safety protocols. She returned at Pitt to help snap a three-game losing streak.
With Duke's core team together, the Blue Devils have totaled a 12-5 record this season with the lone losses coming to top-ranked South Carolina, versus Florida State, No. 3 NC State (Feb. 13), Virginia (Feb. 17) and Boston College (Feb. 24).
Taylor Returns to the Court...
After missing seven games with an injury, Celeste Taylor returned to the court and sparked the Blue Devils to a win at Pitt, snapping a three-game losing streak. Since returning, Taylor has averaged 8.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.6 steals. She has hit only 30.4 percent from the field and 20.0 percent from downtown.
In the seven games Taylor was out, the Blue Devils saw their offense struggle - hitting 41.5 percent from the field, 30.7 percent from downtown while averaging only 61.4 points. The Duke defense allowed 66.6 points in those games as well. In the first 13 games with Taylor, Duke hit 44.6 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from downtown and averaged 74.7 points. The Blue Devil defense was allowing only 59.4 points with Taylor as well.
Milestone Watch...
• Lexi Gordon needs 49 points to reach 1,000 for her career. Her 48 three-pointers is a career-best for the fifth-year senior.
• Duke has made 186 three-pointers and needs one more to move into a tie for 10th on the Blue Devil single-season charts. The 588 three-pointers attempted is a new school record.
• Shayeann Day-Wilson has moved into sixth on Duke's freshman three-pointers made (40) and fourth on the attempted lists (117). With her three games with 20+ points on the season, she ranks tied for 10th on Duke's freshman charts.
• Miela Goodchild needs three 3-pointers to move into a tie for eighth on Duke's all-time treys list with 170, which would tie Haley Gorecki.
• Jade Williams owns 112 career blocks and needs 19 rejections to move into a tie for 10th on Duke's all-time charts along with Mistie Bass (131).
Storylines/Other Blue Devil Notes...
• Duke's post duo of Jade Williams and Onome Akinbode-James have shared time down low and have been productive this season. They have averaged a combined 10.6 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and 1.7 assists, while hitting 54.1 percent from the floor.
• Miela Goodchild has hit 33 three-pointers this season in ACC play. If she can reach 40 in the last game, she would become just the second Blue Devil to post two seasons with 40+ three-pointers made in ACC play (Rebecca Greenwell). The most 3-pointers made in ACC action in a season is 42 by Tricia Liston in 2013-14 and Goodchild in 2018-19.
• Jade Williams and Onome Akinbode-James are two of only 13 Blue Devils to reach the 100-block mark over their careers.
• Over the last four games, the Blue Devils have averaged 18.7 points a game in the fourth quarter. The only problem is that Duke has allowed 19.7 points in the fourth as well.
• Shayeann Day-Wilson has struggled shooting over the last five games hitting only 16-of-60 field goals and 1-of-18 from downtown. She has averaged 9.2 points, 4.0 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals. In the last four contests, she is 0-of-13 from 3-point land.
• Duke registered 21 first quarter points against NC State, which was the most by the Blue Devils in the first quarter in ACC play this season.
• Celeste Taylor leads the Blue Devils with 10 charges taken. She had a season-best three against Florida State on Feb. 10.
• Senior Jade Williams has hit 43-of-72 field goals for a 59.7 percentage since returning from Christmas break.
• Miela Goodchild hit only 6-of-21 treys over the first nine games of the season, but has drained 35 the last 17 contests. She was held scoreless in back-to-back games and attempted only three treys in 30 minutes, but responded with a team-high 13 points at Clemson on Sunday.
• Since Elizabeth Balogun scored 22 and 27 points against Virginia Tech and Notre Dame, respectively, she has averaged only 5.9 points, hit 34.6 percent from the field and 17.2 percent from downtown. She was held scoreless for the first time this season at Virginia on Feb. 17. She has notched 10+ points three times in those 15 games.
• Senior Onome Akinbode-James has pulled down five or more rebounds in 11 out of the last 15 games.
• Duke totaled an 8-7 record at home this season, which is most losses in Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1991-92. The Blue Devils had a 7-7 ledger that season.
• In ACC games only, Miela Goodchild ranks second in 3-point field goal percentage (38.8) and eighth in 3-point field goals made (2.06). Onome Akinbode-James ranks seventh in blocks (1.24). Shayeann Day-Wilson ranks fifth in assists (3.7), 14th in free throw percentage (72.1) and 18th in scoring (12.1).
• Duke features six different Blue Devils that have led the squad in scoring at least one game -- Lexi Gordon (5), Miela Goodchild (5), Celeste Taylor (2), Shayeann Day-Wilson (9), Elizabeth Balogun (5) and Onome Akinbode-James (1).
• The Blue Devils currently have four different players who have scored 20+ points in a game this season -- Celeste Taylor, Lexi Gordon (2), Elizabeth Balogun (2) and Shayeann Day-Wilson (3).
• In the 31 games under Kara Lawson since arriving, Duke has scored 70+ points in 15 of the 31 contests. The Blue Devils have won every game in which they have scored 70 points. The games at Miami and home versus Virginia marked the first wins without scoring 70+ points.
• Elizabeth Balogun stepped on the court in 2021-22 with Duke marking the third different ACC squad she has played for. She is the first women's basketball player in ACC history to play for three different teams in the league (Louisville, Georgia Tech).
• Blue Devil senior Elizabeth Balogun represented her home country of Nigeria in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She appeared in all three contests for the Nigerians and played with former Duke standout Oderah Chidom with Nigeria.
• Duke features three graduate students in 2021-22 that are all attending the Duke Fuqua School of Business -- Amaya Finklea-Guity, Jade Williams and Lexi Gordon.
• Kara Lawson's playing career has her in elite company as she is one of only three NCAA Division I women's basketball coaches to play in a NCAA Final Four, win an Olympic Gold Medal and win a WNBA Championship (Lindsay Whalen of Minnesota and Cynthia Cooper-Dyke of Texas Southern).
• Junior transfer Jordyn Oliver will miss the 2021-22 season, after suffering an achilles injury over the summer.
• Follow @DukeWBB and @KaraLawson20 on Twitter to get the latest updates on Duke women's basketball. Also, "Like" Duke Women's Basketball on Facebook to get the latest videos, pictures and more. DWB is on Instagram at dukewbb, while Kara Lawson is at KaraLawson.
Against the Tar Heels...
As a rookie at Georgia Tech, Elizabeth Balogun collected a career-high 35 points against North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She hit 11-of-20 field goals, 6-of-12 treys and 7-of-9 free throws. Balogun grabbed five rebounds, dished five assists and had three steals in 40 minutes.
Last season at Louisville, Balogun notched 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists in 26 minutes against the Tar Heels.
As a sophomore against North Carolina in Cameron, Jade Williams notched 15 points, 13 rebounds and three steals in 35 minutes.
Last Meeting...
Three Blue Devils notched double-figure scoring efforts, but 21st-ranked Duke dropped a 78-62 decision to in-state rival North Carolina on Jan. 27.
Duke played the contest without head coach Kara Lawson due to COVID protocols, Celeste Taylor (injury) and Nyah Green.
Seniors Elizabeth Balogun and Miela Goodchild each finished the game with a team-high 14 points and freshman Shayeann Day-Wilson added 10 points to lead the Blue Devil scoring efforts. Day-Wilson also finished the contest with a team-high eight rebounds and four assists.
The opening 10 minutes was back-and-forth as the lead changed hands six times with neither team able to keep the other at bay. Sophomore Vanessa de Jesus opened the game scoring with a floater in the lane then North Carolina responded with the next six before graduate student Lexi Gordon's right-wing triple cut the visitor's lead to one. The Blue Devils fought back and built a 16-13 lead midway through the quarter behind Lee Volker's score off a 2-on-1 break with Goodchild, followed by Balogun's pull up jumper. Duke was in front by three as the first winded down, but a four-point play at the end of the period put the Tar Heels in front heading into the second.
Duke got baskets from Gordon, senior Onome Akinbode-James and graduate student Jade Williams, as well as free throw from Goodchild, but the home team was outscored 28-8 in the second period as the Blue Devils got into foul trouble with five players with two fouls.
The Blue Devils faced a 47-26 deficit at the break. Balogun paced the offense with seven points in the first half and Gordon snagged a team-high three rebounds. Five different Duke players combined for the team's five assists in the first half.
De Jesus, Day-Wilson and Gordon combined for all 12 Blue Devil points in the third period. De Jesus got going in the third, scoring six points, while remaining perfect from the floor. Day-Wilson added four to her total to become the first Blue Devil to reach double digits and Gordon also chipped in a bucket. Duke shot just 4-of-16 from the floor though and still trailed by a sizeable margin heading into the final quarter.
Goodchild netted 13 points in the fourth as she drained her final three 3-point attempts and Balogun added seven of her 14 points as the Blue Devils outscored the Tar Heels 24-17 in the quarter. However, the deficit proved too much to overcome as North Carolina claimed the 78-62 win.
Alyssa Ustby led North Carolina with 20 points.
Versus the Ranked...
So far this season, Duke has collected a 2-6 record against ranked opponents, but has lost five in a row.
Shayeann Day-Wilson has stepped up her game against ranked opponents averaging 14.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.4 steals. She has drained 13 treys in eight games. Day-Wilson had 25 points at Louisville and has scored double-digits in five straight against ranked opponents.
Celeste Taylor has averaged 11.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2.3 steals against ranked teams. Elizabeth Balogun registered a season-high 27 points against 17th-ranked Notre Dame earlier this season.
40+ Treys...
For only the second time in school history, Duke features three Blue Devils that have reached 40 or more 3-pointers made on the season.
Lexi Gordon (48), Miela Goodchild (41) and Shayeann Day-Wilson (40) have each reached the mark.
The only other times Duke has accomplished this was in 1995-96 with Kira Orr (42), Ali Day (44) and Jen Scanlon (48).
Different Starting Lineups...
In comparing NCAA Tournament bubble teams, Duke ranks tied for second among different starting lineups this season. At one point during league action, Duke had at least one player out due to injury, health & safety protocols or other reasons.
Florida State leads with 11, while Duke and Mississippi State are tied for second with 10.
NCAA Bubble Teams - Different Starting Lineups
11 Florida State
10 Duke, Mississippi State
8 Oregon State
7 Kentucky, Missouri State
6 Northwestern, Villanova
5 Rhode Island
4 Gonzaga
3 Marquette, Tulane, Miami, Boston College
2 Colorado, DePaul
NCAA Bubble Teams
Different Starting Lineups in League Play
9 Duke
6 Florida State
5 Mississippi State
4 Villanova
3 Oregon State, Northwestern
3 Kentucky, Missouri State
2 Rhode Island
2 Gonzaga
1 Marquette, Tulane, Colorado, Miami
1 DePaul, Boston College
In ACC games, the Blue Devils featured seven different starting lineups in the first 10 league games due to injuries and health and safety protocols. No Duke player has started each of the ACC games.
Duke had the same starting lineup for the first 10 games this season. Eight different players have started at least one game this season. The Blue Devils have totaled 10 different lineups on the season.
In comparing the ACC, Pitt and Duke are tied for the most different starting lineups in league play with nine.
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