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Game 29Georgia Tech (15-11, 5-8) at Duke (18-10, 7-7)
Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 • 2:00 p.m.
Durham, N.C. (Cameron Indoor Stadium)
Radio: Blue Devil IMG Sports Network
Steve Barnes (PXP), Morgan Patrick (Color)
Online Video: BDN+
Setting the Scene...
The Duke women’s basketball team (18-10, 7-7 ACC) will host Georgia Tech (15-11, 5-8) Sunday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m., in Cameron Indoor Stadium. It will mark senior day as Mercedes Riggs and Amber Henson will be recognized prior to the game at approximately 1:45 p.m.
Sunday’s contest will be aired live on Blue Devil Network+ via www.GoDuke.com.
It will also be carried on the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network on WDNC 620 AM, 99.3 FM, 96.5 FM and www.GoDuke.com with Steve Barnes (PXP) and Morgan Patrick (Color) on the air beginning at 1:30 p.m.
What is Next?...
Duke will have a week off before traveling down the road to Chapel Hill, N.C., to take on North Carolina Sunday, Feb. 28 at 3 p.m.
Duke Keys...
Sophomore Azurá Stevens missed her fifth straight game of the season and sixth collegiate contest Thursday at Virginia Tech. She suffered a partial tear of her plantar fascia in her left foot. She is listed as day-to-day. The injury occurred in the first half against Notre Dame Feb. 1.
Rebecca Greenwell needs only 115 points and
Azurá Stevens needs 95 points to reach 1,000 for their careers.
The Blue Devils have started all 13 players this season, which is a Blue Devil record. The previous mark was 11 in 2010-11. Georgia Tech is the next closest ACC team with 11 players who have started. Duke has also featured 15 different starting lineups in 2015-16.
Storylines/Other Blue Devil Notes...
• Redshirt freshman Lyneé Belton suffered a torn meniscus in her left knee against Florida State Feb. 11 and had surgery Thursday, Feb. 18.
• Both Rebecca Greenwell and Amber Henson are dealing with injuries and will have limited practice this week.
• Duke now features four different players averaging double-digits in ACC games -- Azurá Stevens (20.4), Rebecca Greenwell (15.2), Oderah Chidom (10.2) and Angela Salvadores (10.0).
• Oderah Chidom has led Duke in scoring in three out of the last four games. She is coming off her second double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds at Virginia Tech.
• Angela Salvadores has averaged 13.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.0 steals over last three games. She has hit 55.6 percent from the field and 62.5 percent from downtown. Over the last five games, she has averaged 11.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 0.8 steals over the last five games.
• With the loss at Wake Forest, Duke will see its streak of 18 straight seasons with 10 or more ACC wins come to an end.
• In looking at the RPI, Duke’s best RPI victory of the year was in the season opener at Penn (No. 36 in the RPI). The Blue Devils are 51st in the latest RPI.
• The Blue Devils have been a much better team in the second half over the last three games, hitting 54.1 percent from the field and 10-of-17 treys, while averaging 36.0 points. Actually, over the last five games Duke has hit 51.2 percent from the field in the second half and 53.6 percent from downtown.
• Freshman Faith Suggs pulled down a career-high eight rebounds at Wake Forest and hit a career-high three treys at Virginia Tech.
• Rebecca Greenwell has drained 17-of-37 treys during the last four contests (46.0%).
• Duke had more turnovers than field goals against Florida State (22/20). It marks the fourth time this year this has happened -- Penn, Louisville, Syracuse, FSU.
• Amber Henson currently ranks second in the ACC with a 2.1 blocks per game average in league play. She has swatted 27 shots in 13 games. Henson has blocked a career-best 34 shots on the year.
• Over her first 18 games, Azurá Stevens hit six three-pointers. She has drained 10 treys over her last five games (10-of-17; 58.8%).
• Duke ranks 21st nationally with a 45.1 field goal percentage and 21st in field goal percentage defense (35.4).
• Azurá Stevens needs only 13 rebounds to become just the third Blue Devil in school history to pull down 500 rebounds in their freshman and sophomore campaigns -- Chris Moreland (592) and Elizabeth Williams (523).
• Azurá Stevens is averaging 20.4 points and 10.1 rebounds in ACC games.
• With 35 treys made in ACC action, Rebecca Greenwell ranks third in the league. Her 67 treys rank tied third overall in the ACC and tied 29th nationally.
• Azurá Stevens currently ranks first in the ACC with a 9.4 rebound average. Only Elizabeth Williams last season (9.0) averaged 9.0 rebounds or better in a season at Duke over the last 26 years.
• Duke fell out of the Associated Press top 25 ledger Jan. 15, which snapped an incredible 312 straight weeks streak, which dated back to Nov. 29, 2000. It was the third-longest streak in NCAA history. Duke was unranked in back-to-back weeks for the first time since the 1994-95 campaign.
• Rebecca Greenwell is averaging 16.8 points in Duke’s 18 wins, but is only averaging 10.6 in the losses. She has hit 53 of her 67 made three-pointers on the season in the Blue Devil wins.
• Of the 43 players in the nation that are averaging 19.1 points or better, Azurá Stevens is one of only five of those that also is hitting 54.0 percent or better from the field.
• Azurá Stevens currently ranks 22nd nationally in double-doubles (12), 38th in blocks (2.2), 27th in field goal percentage (54.8), 47th in rebounds (9.4) and 41st in points per game (19.1).
• Azurá Stevens has registered 10 games with 20 or more points and two 30-point outburst so far this season. She owns 15 20-point games over her career.
• The Blue Devils returned only 96 career starts entering 2015-16 -- Rebecca Greenwell (33), Azurá Stevens (26), Amber Henson (22), Kendall Cooper (7), Oderah Chidom (6) and Mercedes Riggs (2).
• The Blue Devils feature 13 players from 11 different states/countries on the 2015-16 roster.
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A Look at Georgia Tech...
Georgia Tech enters Sunday with a 15-11 overall and 5-8 league mark. Aaliyah Whiteside leads the ACC in scoring with a 20.2 scoring average for the Yellow Jackets. Roddreka Rogers is also averaging 10.5 points and 7.3 rebounds.
The Yellow Jackets are 3-6 on the road this season.
The Series with Georgia Tech...
Duke and Georgia Tech will meet for the 68th time in school history with the Blue Devils holding a 59-8 overall mark in the series.
The Yellow Jackets snapped a 37-game losing streak to the Blue Devils last season in Atlanta, Ga. In games played in Durham, N.C., Duke owns a 28-2 record, including 16 in a row.
Joanne P. McCallie owns a 10-1 mark against the Yellow Jackets.
Duke Players Against Georgia Tech...
Both Azurá Stevens and Rebecca Greenwell scored 16 points against the Yellow Jackets a year ago. Oderah Chidom pulled down 13 rebounds, while scoring eight points. Only Chidom has seen action more than once against Georgia Tech.
Hey, I Know You!...
Duke alumna and former All-America Michele Van Gorp, who is the Director of Recruiting Operations at Duke, will face Georgia Tech, after spending the 2012-13 campaign with the Yellow Jackets as the Director of Basketball Operations.
Van Gorp is a 1999 graduate of Duke and led the Blue Devils to the NCAA Final Four during her final year.
Looking for Help...
With leading scorer Azurá Stevens being injured, the Blue Devils have struggled scoring the last five games.
Duke has averaged 59.4 points and hit 41.4 percent from the field. Rebecca Greenwell (15.0 points, 7.2 rebounds), Angela Salvadores (11.8 points, 4.6 rebounds) and Oderah Chidom (13.0 points, 6.8 rebounds) have led the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils have averaged only 4.8 three-pointers made, 38.6 rebounds and only 12.2 assists.
At Home in 2015-16...
Duke owns an 11-4 overall record at home, including losses in two out of the last three.
Rebecca Greenwell has averaged 17.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.7 steals. She has hit 44 of her 67 three-pointers in Cameron Indoor Stadium, including a 44.4 percentage (44-of-99). Greenwell has six games of 20+ points this season at home.
Freshman Angela Salvadores owns averages of 10.3 points, 3.6 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals at home. She has drained 16 of her 21 treys at home. Salvadores has hit 16-of-33 three-pointers for an 48.5 percentage. She has scored double-digits in four out of the last five games.
Chidom Picking Up Game...
In three out of the last four games, junior Oderah Chidom has scored double-digit, including a career-high 18 points at Miami and Wake Forest.
Chidom has averaged 14.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 blocks, 1.3 assists and 1.0 steals over the last four games. The numbers could have been even better as she also had 16 fouls.
Breaking it down in the last two games Chidom has averaged 17.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocks, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals. She has also hit 66.7 percent of her field goals.
