Duke Drops Home Contest to Davidson, 69-62

Thursday, November 16

Durham, N.C.

7 p.m.

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Duke Drops Home Contest to Davidson, 69-62

11/16/2023 9:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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DURHAM – Davidson knocked down nine three-pointers and shot 42 percent from the field en route to a 69-62 victory over Duke in women's basketball action in Cameron Indoor Stadium Thursday night.

Oluchi Okananwa paced the Blue Devils on the offensive end with 15 points from 6-of-11 shooting from the field. She also pulled down nine rebounds and registered two steals.

Davidson had three players in double figures with Elle Sutphin leading the way with 19 points and Suzi-Ro Deegan chipping in 18. Deegan gave Duke fits on offense with four steals as the Wildcats had 21 points off the Blue Devils' 19 turnovers.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Blue Devils scored six of the game's first nine points via strong drives to the cup, but the visitors used a 10-0 run to surge ahead and take a 13-6 lead at the 2:47 mark.
Sophomore Taina Mair netted a triple to halt the Wildcat run and then a short jumper by classmate Emma Koabel pulled the Blue Devils within a pair, 13-11, with 43 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.
Duke tallied 16 points in the second quarter with four players contributing to the scoring efforts. Graduate student Camilla Emsbo (6) and sophomore Ashlon Jackson (5) paced the Blue Devils in the second with Koabel and Mair adding a bucket a piece. Emsbo finished her night with 11 points and one block.
However, it was the visitors who held a 39-27 lead at the break.
The Blue Devils controlled the third as they outscored Davidson 16-11, closing the quarter on a 10-3 run to draw within 50-43, at the end of the period.
Okananwa kick-started the burst with a tough finish through contact and then classmate Jadyn Donovan followed with back-to-back buckets of her own.
Junior Reigan Richardson crashed the offensive glass for a tip in and Okananwa capped the run with an ankle-breaking crossover to pull the home team within seven.
The fourth quarter saw Okananwa register seven of Duke's 12 fourth-quarter points, with the Blue Devils attempting to make a rally.
Duke pulled within seven, 59-52, at the 3:34 mark following three the old-fashioned way from Okananwa.
The Blue Devils continued to scrap and claw until the final buzzer, but the visitors were able to come away with the victory.

GAME NOTES

Duke falls to 3-1 this season and 2-1 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The Blue Devils finished the game with a plus-10 margin on the glass (40-30) while outscoring the Wildcats in the paint (36-22), on second chance points (18-11) and off the bench (26-18).
With the two treys tonight, Duke pushes its streak of consecutive games with at least one three-point field goal to 181.
The Blue Devils forced three shot violations, moving their season total to nine. Duke also forced a three-second violation.
Freshman Oluchi Okananwa paced the Blue Devils with 15 points and nine rebounds – five of which were offensive – off the bench. She also added two steals.
For Okananwa, it is her second game in double figures this season and third with at least five boards.
Graduate student Camilla Emsbo made her first start for Duke and finished in double figures – the 59th time in her career – with 11 points .
Sophomore Taina Mair added nine points, four rebounds and two assists.

UP NEXT
Duke heads to the West Coast for its first top-10 test of the season, taking on No. 6 Stanford Sunday, Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT live on ABC.

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