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Sunday, November 20
Norfolk, Va.
2 p.m.
Duke University
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at
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Old Dominion
Duke Hands ODU Worst Home Loss Ever In 93-56 Route
11/20/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
NORFOLK, Va. - Six players scored during a first-half 21-0 run as the No. 1 Duke women's basketball team (2-0) handed Old Dominion (0-1) its worst ever here at the Ted Constant Convocation Center Sunday afternoon in a 93-56 victory.
Duke scored the games first five points and the Lady Monarchs closed the gap to 5-4 before the 21-0 spurt gave Duke a 26-4 led half way through the first stanza. Duke held a 20 point lead for the remainder of the first half as they went into the break with a 47-26 lead.
Old Dominion cut the lead to under 20 briefly to open the second half before a 16-2 run gave Duke a 65-34 advantage. Freshman Abby Waner scored eight points in that run en route to a team-high 17 in the contest. A Laura Kurz three-pointer with 5:44 left gave Duke an 81-47 lead, the biggest in the game for Duke until Waner scored five points in the last 42 seconds to give Duke a 93-56 victory, the program's 550th all-time.
Waner hit 7-of-9 shots from the floor and 2-of-4 from three-point range in just 19 minutes of action. No Blue Devil played more than 25 minutes and all 11 active players saw at least 13 minutes of action. Waner was joined in double-figures by Lindsey Harding with 16, Kurz with 11 and senior Monique Currie just missed a double-double with 15 points and nine rebounds.
Wanisha Smith dished out 11 assists for Duke, the fourth-highest total in school history, as the Blue Devils finished the game with 28 and all 11 players that saw time not only scored and had an assist.
Defensively, the Blue Devils had 12 steals and 10 blocks as Smith led the way with three steals and Chante Black had four blocks and Alison Bales three.
Duke will now head back to
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