Duke Remains Unbeaten at Home; Dispatches Stanford, 74-49

Sunday, January 19

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1 p.m.

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Duke Remains Unbeaten at Home; Dispatches Stanford, 74-49

1/19/2025 3:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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DURHAM, N.C. – Sixteenth-ranked Duke outscored Stanford 25-7 in the second quarter and never looked back en route to a 74-49 win over the Cardinal in ACC women's basketball action Sunday afternoon inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Blue Devil junior Taina Mair turned in a stellar all-around performance with 13 points, six assists, five rebounds and zero turnovers while Ashlon Jackson led all scorers with 16 points. Delaney Thomas recorded her second career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. The sophomore knocked down 5-of-6 from the floor and 2-of-2 from the charity stripe.

Duke remains unbeaten at home (9-0) and moves to 15-4 overall on the season. The 6-1 conference mark puts the Blue Devils in a tie for second place in the league

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke held an 18-14 lead after one, with the scoring coming from Toby Fournier, Jackson, Taina Mair and Reigan Richardson.
The first six minutes of the period featured back-and-forth action until a short jumper by Jackson, then a straightaway triple from Fournier, gave the Blue Devils a little breathing room and a 16-10 lead at the 3:00 mark.
Stanford cut its deficit to one early in the second quarter but would get no closer for the remainder of the afternoon, as a massive Blue Devil avalanche put the game out of reach.
Duke parlayed a 25-4 run over the final eight minutes of the frame into a 43-21 lead at the break. Jackson and Thomas paced the efforts with eight points apiece, as Duke shot 61.1 percent (11-of-18) for the quarter.
The Blue Devils held the Cardinal without a point for 4:33, stretching the lead to 13. Five different players scored that span, with Jordan Wood sparking the run with a three-pointer from the top of the arc.
Defensively, Duke scored 12 points off seven Stanford turnovers after the Cardinal committed just one in the first period.
The Blue Devils cooled off on the offensive end in the third quarter, shooting just 31.6 percent in the period. Defensively, Duke remained steady in keeping Stanford to just 38-percent from the floor to take a 57-38 lead into the final stanza.
Stanford started to chip away at Duke's lead in the fourth quarter, cutting the advantage to 14 and forcing the Blue Devils into a timeout. The Cardinal scored the first seven points of the period to bring it to the closest since the 3:22 mark of the second quarter.
The Blue Devils came out of the timeout with Fournier cashing in on an old-fashioned three-point play to take the lead back to 17, 62-45. Duke tacked on 12 more points in the final six minutes for the 25-point victory.

NOTES:

With the win, Duke improved to 15-4 overall, 6-1 in ACC play and 9-0 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
For the 15th time in 19 games, Duke surpassed the 70-point threshold and finished with at least three players in double figures.
The Blue Devils shot 45.3 percent from the field, 78.6 percent at the line and knocked down five three pointers.
Duke dropped 13 assists on 29 field goals, while matching a season low with nine turnovers. The Blue Devils also notched second quarter season highs in points (25) and field goal percentage (.611).
Duke won the superlative stats battle, finishing with the advantage in all five categories - points off turnovers (25-6), in transition (20-3), off the bench (23-14), in the paint (32-28) and second chance points (11-8). The Blue Devils also finished with a plus-four margin on the glass, 39-35.
On the defensive end, the Blue Devils tallied a season-high nine blocks, collected 10 steals and forced 20 Stanford turnovers.
Duke held Stanford to a season-low 49 points, while the 25-point margin matched the Cardinal's largest margin of defeat this season.
Ashlon Jackson notched her fourth consecutive game in double figures with a game-high 16 points. She also tallied two rebounds, two blocks and a steal.
Jackson went 5-of-5 at the charity stripe, pushing her streak of consecutive free throws made to 14 straight.
Taina Mair delivered a strong all-around performance with 13 points, six assists, five boards and two steals. She has 11 dimes and just one turnover in her last two games.
Delaney Thomas turned in her second career double-double, and first of the season, with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Thomas was incredibly efficient, going 5-of-6 during the afternoon.
Toby Fournier and Oluchi Okananwa chipped in nine points apiece off the bench. Fournier added six caroms and two blocks to her statline while Okananwa picked up two steals.
Reigan Richardson added eight points, four assists, two rejections and a steal.

UP NEXT:
The Blue Devils play their next three games on the road, starting with a trip to Dallas to square off against ACC newcomer SMU in a midweek tilt Thursday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m., live on ACC Network.

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