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Tuesday, November 14
New York, N.Y.
6 p.m.
Duke University
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Columbia
Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics
Duke Heads to New York for Tuesday Night Battle at Columbia
11/13/2023 7:56:00 PM | Women's Basketball
THE OPENING TIP
MAKIN' IT RAIN: BLUE DEVILS CASH IN PROGRAM-RECORD 14 THREES TO UPEND COASTAL CAROLINA
BUSY STRETCH COMING UP
A SURREAL MOMENT: BLUE DEVILS HOST USA BASKETBALL IN EXHIBITION
GETTING' BACK ON THE MAP: DUKE MAKIN' WAVES ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL
A QUICK LOOK AT THE LIONS
UP NEXT
The Blue Devils make a pit stop back in Durham, hosting Davidson in a midweek contest on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m., live on ACCNX.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
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- Duke makes the trek to the Big Apple where the Blue Devils will face Columbia Tuesday, Nov. 14 in their first road tilt of the season.
- The game is set for a 6 p.m. tipoff, live on ESPN+ with Lance Medow and Maren Walseth calling the action.
- The Blue Devils and Lions will meet on the hardwood for the first time in the history of the respective programs.
- Duke is 13-0 all-time against foes from the Ivy League, the last matchup coming in 2021 -- a 77-55 dub at Penn (12.5.21).
- Starting with Sunday's exhibition against USA Basketball, the Blue Devils embark on their busiest stretch of the season with four games in eight days.
- This week, Duke hits the road for games at Columbia (Nov. 14) and No. 6 Stanford (Nov. 19), with a midweek home tilt versus Davidson (Nov. 16) in between.
- Duke (2-0) enters the game fresh off a convincing victory as the Blue Devils set a school single-game record for most three-pointers made (14) and had four players reach double figures en route to dispatching Coastal Carolina, 88-42, Thursday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- The Blue Devils have won their first two games by an average of 38 points and have had three players set career highs across the pair of victories -- Reigan Richardson (28 pts vs. Richmond), Ashlon Jackson (25 pts vs. Coastal Carolina), Emma Koabel (12 pts vs. Coastal Carolina).
MAKIN' IT RAIN: BLUE DEVILS CASH IN PROGRAM-RECORD 14 THREES TO UPEND COASTAL CAROLINA
- The Duke women's basketball team set a school single-game record for most three-pointers made and had four players reach double figures as the Blue Devils coasted to an 88-42 victory over the Chanticleers Thursday evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Duke knocked down 14 three-pointers in the contest, finishing the night shooting 42 percent (14-of-33) from long range.
- Ashlon Jackson led all scorers as the sophomore exploded for a career-high 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting while also adding three rebounds, two assists and two steals to her statline. Kennedy Brown (16), Emma Koabel (12) and Jadyn Donovan (10) rounded out the quartet of double-digit scorers for the Blue Devils.
- Jackson and Koabel combined for nine of the Blue Devils' 14 makes from deep, Jackson going 5-of-11 while Koabel hit four of her seven attempts. Both were career highs for the sophomores.
- Duke has now made at least one three-pointer in 179 straight games. This season, the Blue Devils have hit their triples at a 42.9-percent clip, cashing in 21-of-49 attempts.
- Defensively, the Blue Devils held Coastal Carolina to just 29 percent shooting from the floor and forced the Chanticleers into 30 turnovers. The Blue Devils scored 34 points off the takeaways.
- Graduate student Camilla Emsbo and freshman Jordan Wood paced all Duke players on the defensive end in steals and blocks, respectively, with Wood collecting a career-high four steals while Emsbo notched four of Duke's 12 blocks. All 10 Blue Devils registered at least one steal in the game.
BUSY STRETCH COMING UP
- Starting with Sunday's exhibition against USA Basketball, the Blue Devils embark on their busiest stretch of the season with four games in eight days.
- This week, Duke hits the road for games at Columbia (Nov. 14) and No. 6 Stanford (Nov. 19), with a midweek home tilt versus Davidson (Nov. 16) in between.
A SURREAL MOMENT: BLUE DEVILS HOST USA BASKETBALL IN EXHIBITION
- It was a surreal moment for the Duke women's basketball team on Sunday as the Blue Devils hosted the USA Basketball Senior Women's National Team -- many of whom the current Blue Devils grew up watching play -- in an exhibition contest as part of Team USA's preparation for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
- Three members of the current Duke women's basketball team share strong ties with USA Basketball -- head coach Kara Lawson and freshmen Jadyn Donovan and Delaney Thomas. The trio has combined for 15 gold medals -- Lawson (11 - player and coach), Donovan (3), Thomas (1).
- For Lawson, it was a full circle moment -- she began her USA Basketball career back in 2001 at the World University games before capping her playing career with Team USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where she set the career record for highest three-point field goal percentage (8-14, .571) -- a mark that still stands -- en route to helping lead Team USA to the gold medal. Sunday marked the first time that Lawson went up against USA Basketball as a head coach.
- Sophomore Taina Mair dropped a team-high 16 points and the Duke women's basketball team put forth a valiant effort, battling relentlessly for 40 minutes, ultimately falling to the USA Basketball Women's National Team, 87-58, Sunday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- In addition to Mair, the Blue Devils also received solid contributions from senior Kennedy Brown and freshman Oluchi Okananwa. Okananwa tallied nine points and seven rebounds while Brown chipped in eight points and seven boards of her own.
GETTING' BACK ON THE MAP: DUKE MAKIN' WAVES ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL
- Duke women's basketball unveiled its 2024 freshman class Thursday morning as the Blue Devils announced the signings of Louann Battiston, Jenessa Cotton, Toby Fournier and Arianna Roberson during the NCAA's early signing period.
- The Blue Devils landed a top-10 prospect for the second consecutive year and their seventh top-30 prospect in the past three.
- Battiston will enroll at Duke early and join the Blue Devils in January of 2024 to be on campus with the team. The trio of Cotton, Fournier and Roberson are slated to step foot in Durham later in 2024.
- With the early signing period set to wrap up on Nov. 15, the Blue Devils have all but locked up a top-10 recruiting class nationally with the potential for the class to be ranked higher, depending on how the rest of the week shakes out.
- According to the espnW recruiting rankings, as of Nov. 11, no team in women's college basketball has signed more players ranked in the top 30 over the last three seasons than Duke. The Blue Devils share the top spot with South Carolina having signed seven top-30 prospects each during this stretch, with UConn and UCLA right behind with six apiece.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE LIONS
- Columbia (1-1), the reigning Ivy League champions, enter the midweek contest following a 72-61 triumph over Seton Hall Friday night.
- The Lions are coming off their best season in program history, compiling a 28-6 overall record featuring a 12-2 Ivy League mark and making a run all the way to the WNIT title game.
- This season, Columbia is paced by three in double figures -- Abby Hsu (22.0 pts, 9.5 rebs), Cecilia Collins (12.5 pts, 5.0 rebs) and Kitty Henderson (10.0 pts, 5.5 rebs).
- Head coach Megan Griffith is in her eighth season with Columbia. The all-time winningest coach in school history, Griffith earned her 100th career win against Seton Hall, becoming the 11th coach in Ivy League History to reach the benchmark.
UP NEXT
The Blue Devils make a pit stop back in Durham, hosting Davidson in a midweek contest on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m., live on ACCNX.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
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