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Women's Basketball
vs Countdown to Craziness
Friday, November 18
University Park, Pa.
8 p.m.
Duke University
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at
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Penn State
Duke Tops Penn State 93-67 To Open Season
11/18/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Four Blue Devils scored in double figures and all 11 that played scored as the No. 1 Duke women's basketball team (1-0) opened the season with a road victory defeating Penn State (0-1) 93-67 Friday night here at the Bryce Jordan Center.
The two teams played back and fourth the first 10 minutes of the game as Duke held a 21-19 lead before going on an 11-0 run to push the lead to 32-19 with 6:19 left in the first half. Jessica Foley scored five points in that run and Alison Bales four. The Nittany Lions then went on a 10-4 spurt of their own to cut the lead to 36-29 and the two teams played evenly for the rest of the first half as before Duke pushed its lead to 43-32 at the break.
Lindsey Harding hit a lay-up and Abby Waner a three-pointer to open the second half and the Blue Devils never looked back, opening up a 21 point lead on another Waner triple less than three minutes into the second half. Duke's biggest lead was 31 points after a Monique Currie layup with 7:04 left in the game and Penn State would never cut the lead to less than 20 as Duke finished with a 26 point 93-67 victory.
Waner, who became the eighth player under coach Gail Goestenkors to start her first game as a Blue Devil, and Bales scored 15 points apiece while Currie added 12 and Harding 10 for the Blue Devils. Wanisha Smith and Mistie Williams each scored nine points and Chante Black scored eight.
Williams added nine rebounds while Waner also recorded six assists and six steals in the contest. Smith added five steals and four assists while Harding and Brittany Mitch each dished out four assists, as well.
Karmela Gissendanner led the way for the Nittany Lions with 19 points.
Duke will now travel to Norfolk, Va., to face Old Dominion Sunday at 2 p.m. ET, before heading back to Cameron Indoor Stadium for its home opener Tuesday vs. Fairfield with tip scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.
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