Blue Devil Postgame Notes * Connecticut * NCAA Tournament Regional Final * March 29, 2011
With The Duke Loss:
- Concluded its season with a 32-4 overall record.
- Lost in the NCAA Regional Final for the second straight year.
- Fell for the fourth straight time to Connecticut.
- Dropped to 46-18 overall in NCAA Tournament action.
- Coach P fell to 19-15 in NCAA Tournament play as a head coach.
- Dropped to 14-5 overall when seeded No. 2 in the NCAA Tournament.
- The starting lineup of J.Thomas, K.Thomas, Peters, Gray and Christmas fell to 5-1 on the season.
- Moved to 4-5 in NCAA Tournament regional final games.
- Dropped the series record to 3-7 against Connecticut.
- Fell to 2-5 against No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament.
- Dropped to 3-7 against No. 1 ranked opponents.
Senior Jasmine Thomas
- Named to the Philadelphia Regional All-Tournament Team.
- Finished the game with 17 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals in 36 minutes.
- Notched double-figure scoring against a ranked opponent for the 39th time out of 51 career games, including 27 out of the last 28.
- Took her fifth charge of the season and 12th of her career in the first half.
- Hit three three-pointers and finished her career with 177, which ranks third all-time on Duke's charts.
- With the 120th start of her career, moved into a tie with Mistie Bass for fourth all-time at Duke.
- Started her 96th straight game.
Junior Shay Selby
- Hit two treys in the first half and finished the game with six points.
Freshman Chelsea Gray
- Held to only four points in 26 minutes.
- Made her 18th start of the season and second in NCAA Tournament action.
Senior Krystal Thomas
- Held scoreless for the second straight game, while pulling down five rebounds.
Senior Karima Christmas
- Named to the Philadelphia Regional All-Tournament team.
Freshman Haley Peters
- Made her ninth start of the season and second in NCAA Tournament action.
Other Duke Notes
- The 35 loss was the worst in Duke's NCAA Tournament history.
- Held to only 20 points in the first half, which was the fewest since Maryland on Feb. 17 (19).