Blue Devils Blitz Miami, 90-49

Sunday, February 9

Durham, N.C.

2 p.m.

Duke University

19-5,10-2ACC

Miami

13-10,3-9ACC

Miami (FL)

Duke

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

Blue Devils Blitz Miami, 90-49

2/9/2025 5:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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DURHAM, N.C. – The trio of Toby Fournier, Ashlon Jackson and Oluchi Okananwa combined for 63 points and the smothering Blue Devil defense held Miami to 36-percent from the field and forced 28 turnovers, as No. 10 Duke coasted to a 90-49 victory over the Hurricanes Sunday afternoon.

Fournier scored 15 points in the second half and finished with a game-high 24 on 9-of-15 shooting, adding four rebounds and three steals to her statline. Jackson drained five triples en route to finishing her afternoon with 23 points while Okananwa chipped in 16 points.

Jadyn Donovan posted two blocks and paced Duke (19-5, 10-2 ACC) on the glass with eight rebounds. Taina Mair was once again stellar quarterbacking the offense for Duke with five assists and no turnovers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first four minutes of the opening frame saw three ties and a lead change until a quick 6-2 burst by the Blue Devils propelled them to a 10-6 lead, forcing Miami to call an early timeout. Mair cashed in a fallaway jumper and Fournier notched back-to-back buckets, including a nifty transition finish off a beautiful no-look dime from Donovan.
Miami cut its deficit to a pair following a layup by Natalija Marshall, but the Blue Devils netted eight unanswered via triples by Jackson and Mair and a pair of Okananwa freebies, pushing the margin to 10, 18-8, at the 2:36 mark. Okananwa added a basket in the final 30 seconds as Duke held a 20-10 lead at the end of one.
The Blue Devils kept their foot on the gas at the start of the second quarter, parlaying an 11-0 run into a 31-10 ledger with 7:04 to play. Fournier and Jackson (2) each hit from distance while Delaney Thomas added a bucket off the feed from Vanessa de Jesus.
Miami closed the half strong and was able to trim a few points off the deficit, but it was the Blue Devils who maintained the 15-point edge at the break.
The Blue Devils shot 56-percent from the floor en route to hanging 29 points on the board in the third, with the scoring efforts paced by the trio of Jackson (10), Okananwa (8) and Fournier (6).
Defensively, the Blue Devils held Miami to 2-of-8 shooting (25%) and forced seven turnovers across the 10-minute period. At the end of three, Duke's margin stood at 66-38.
Fournier scored nine points in the final frame and Thomas chipped in five, as Duke outscored the Hurricanes, 24-11, en route to locking down the 41-point triumph.

NOTES:

Duke shot 50 percent (35-of-70) from the field, marking the ninth time this season the Blue Devils have shot 50 percent or higher. Duke also knocked down 8-of-22 triples (.364) and shot 75 percent (9-of-12) at the charity stripe. The Blue Devils assisted on 54 percent of their field goals with 19 dimes on 35 buckets.
Duke eclipsed the 90-point threshold for the third time in 2024-25. Duke has scored 70-plus points in 19 games and surpassed 80 points 11 times this year.
Duke had at least three players finish in double figures for the 20th time this season. Toby Fournier (24), Ashlon Jackson (23) and Oluchi Okananwa (16) each had double digits against Miami.
The Blue Devils outrebounded the Hurricanes, 34-33, including a 12-7 advantage on the offensive glass.
Defensively, Duke limited Miami to 49 points for the game and held the Hurricanes to just 36-percent shooting from the floor. The Hurricanes mark the eighth opponent this season that Duke has held below 50 points. Duke outscored Miami, 53-27, in the second half while holding the Hurricanes to 6-of-20 shooting (30%).
The Blue Devils forced 28 Miami turnovers and scored 42 points off those miscues. The 42 points mark a season best, surpassing the 41 scored against Radford in the season opener (11.4). Duke also collected 11 steals, blocked five shots and forced Miami into three shot clock violations, pushing its season total to 29 violations forced.
Duke kept the Hurricanes 21 points below their average points per game. Miami entered the matchup putting up 71.1 points per game. The Blue Devils have now held 11 ACC opponents, and 19 foes this season overall, below their respective scoring averages.
Duke won the superlative battle with a sweep of all five categories - bench points (47-5), points off turnovers (42-6), points in the paint (48-22), transition scoring (23-0) and second chance points (15-8).
Freshman Toby Fournier posted her seventh 20-point game and 15th double-figure outing of the season, scoring a game-high 24 points on 9-of-15 shooting. Fournier scored 15 of her points after the half, including nine in the fourth period. The rookie also grabbed four boards while matching a career high with three steals.
With her seventh career 20-point outing, Fournier moves into a three-way tie with Rebecca Greenwell and Monique Currie for the third-most 20-point games as a freshman in Duke lore.
Junior Ashlon Jackson drilled five threes en route to netting 23 points against the Hurricanes. It is her third straight game in double figures and the ninth in her last 11 outings. Jackson rounded out the afternoon performance with two rebounds, two assists and a steal.
Sophomore Oluchi Okananwa chipped in 16 points and three rebounds against Miami for her 12th double-digit performance of 2024-25.
Sophomore Jadyn Donovan led the Duke efforts on the glass with eight rebounds - her 11th game this year with at least eight rebounds. Donovan had her hand all over the stat sheet, contributing four points, three assists, two steals and two blocks.
Junior Taina Mair quarterbacked the offense to perfection with five assists and no turnovers, chipping in five points, three boards and a steal as well. Mair has dished 38 assists to just 3 turnovers across her last eight games - an assist/turnover ratio of 12.7.
Sophomore Delaney Thomas turned in a solid all-around game with nine points, five boards and two steals.
Senior Reigan Richardson had four assists and finished with the team's highest plus-minus at +37.

UP NEXT:
No. 10 Duke is back on the road for another in-state contest, this time making the trek to Winston-Salem for a midweek tilt at Wake Forest Thursday, Feb. 13. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m., live on ACCNX.

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