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Notes: Duke 64, LSU 45
4/2/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
- Duke is making its 12th consecutive and 13th overall trip to the NCAA Tournament.
- This is the fifth time Duke has been a No. 1 seed (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006).
- This is Duke's second trip to the Championship game (1999) where the Blue Devils are 0-1 after losing to (#1 seed) Purdue, 62-45, in the 1999 title game in San Jose.
- Duke owns an all-time tournament record of 35-12 in NCAA Tournament play.
- Duke owns an overall winning percentage of 74.4 in the Tournament which ranks third all-time behind Tennessee (82.9) and Connecticut (81.7).
- Duke is 2-2 in the semifinals of the Women's Final Four; 2-3 in the Women's Final Four overall
- Duke owns an all-time record of 18-4 when seeded No. 1 in the Tournament.
- Duke's win over LSU is its first victory over a No. 1 seed in the Tournament when the Blue Devils are a No. 1 seed themselves. Duke now owns a 1-2 mark against No. 1 seeds when it is also No. 1- lost 86-71 to Oklahoma in 2002 and lost 65-56 to Tennessee in 2003.
- Duke broke a two-game losing streak in the semifinals of the Women's Final Four after falling 86-71, to Oklahoma in 2002 and losing, 66-56, to Tennessee in 2003.
- In the last seven years of NCAA Tournament play, Duke owns 31 wins which ties Tennessee (31).
- Duke has never faced an ACC team in the NCAA Tournament before facing Maryland in the Championship game.
- This will be the 62nd match-up between Duke and Maryland and first in the Tournament. The Blue Devils trail 32-29 in the series but had posted 14 straight wins until Maryland topped Duke in this year's ACC Tournament semifinal.
- Duke has won 17 of the last 19 contests versus Maryland.
- The Blue Devils have advanced to the Women's Final Four three of the last five seasons and four times overall (1999, 2002, 2003, 2006).
- The last 11 seasons, Duke has been no lower than a No. 5 seed.
- Duke's five No. 1 seeds rank as tied for fifth-most in NCAA Tournament history along with Texas and Old Dominion. Leading the list is Tennessee (17), followed by Louisiana Tech (10), Connecticut (9) and Stanford (6).
- The five selections as a No. 1 seed since 2001 is the most in the NCAA.
- The Blue Devils own the most Women's Final Four appearances in this year's field, making their fourth
Duke has joined only five teams which have advanced to four or more Final Fours- Tennessee (16), Louisiana Tech (9), Connecticut (8), Georgia (5) and Stanford (5), Duke (4). - Duke and LSU met for the second straight year in the NCAA Tournament. The Lady Tigers ousted the Blue Devils in the 2005 Elite Eight, 59-49.
- Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors has 34 NCAA wins in her 12 appearances.
- Duke notched its 30th win in the Elite Eight giving the Blue Devils six straight 30-win seasons. No other ACC school has ever posted more than two straight 30-win seasons.
- Only Duke and Louisiana Tech have registered six consecutive 30-win seasons. Louisiana Tech notched the feat from 1979-84 and from 1996-2001.
- Duke has lost only three games this season to top-four ranked opponents (UNC #2, #3) and Maryland (#4).
Duke allowed its second-lowest 1st half point total this season (15). The Blue Devils held Ball State to nine on Dec. 19. - This is Duke's sixth year in a row with at least one Duke player on the Kodak All-America team (Monique Currie).
- The Blue Devils are 18-0 against non-ACC teams in 2005-06
- Duke has blocked 45 shots in five games so far during the 2006 Tournament, which ranks second on the NCAA list between two Connecticut teams (53 in 2002 and 41 in 2005).
- The Blue Devils have faced 10 teams who received 2006 NCAA Tournament bids and posted a 12-3 (80.0%) record against those squads during the regular season.
- As a team, the Blue Devils own 703 assists on the season, which is a new single season Duke record. The previous record was 685, which was totaled in 2003-04.
- Duke has shot 50% or better in 20 of 34 contests this season. The Blue Devils are undefeated in 2005-06 when shooting at least 50%.
- Duke had at least four players in double-figures for the third time this tournament (Southern-4, Michigan State-6).
- In five games so far in the NCAA Tournament, Alison Bales has blocked 27 shots, which broke the NCAA Tournament record for most blocks in a series (Rebecca Lobo, 1995, 22 blocks-6 games). Bales is already Duke's all-time shot blocker with 280 career blocks in three years.
- With her eight blocks against Connecticut in the Elite Eight, Alison Bales moved into first place on the NCAA Tournament career blocks list with a current mark of 48 in 11 Tournament games. Ruth Riley of Notre Dame is now second with 39 blocks.
- Alison Bales became Duke's third different player to earn All-Region MVP accolades in the NCAA Tournament- Alana Beard (2002 & 2003) and Georgia Schweitzer (1999).
Mistie Williams and Jessica Foley are the all-time winningest players in Duke history with 127 victories over their four years. - Monique Currie is the first player in ACC history to register over 2,000 points, 800 rebounds, 400 assists and 200 steals
- Monique Currie has made 83 free throws in NCAA Tournament games which ranks fourth all-time. Cheryl Miller of USC (91), Chamique Holdsclaw of Tennessee (89) and Katie Douglas of Purdue (87) lead the category.
- Monique Currie needs two points to move into a tie for 11th on the NCAA Tournament career scoring chart (270) along with Chantele Anderson of Vanderbilt.
- Duke's leading scorer Monique Currie (16.3 ppg) was held to just two points in the first half of the NCAA Semifinal game versus LSU. Currie connected on her first field goal with 7.1 seconds remaining in the first half.
- Mistie Williams cracked the top five career rebounds list at Duke with 797 career rebounds.
- Lindsay Harding moved up on the Duke career assists list as well as the single-season chart. Harding ranks third at Duke with 447 career assists and third in the single-season chart with 155 this season.
- Alison Bales holds the second-best ACC single-season block mark with six blocks versus LSU (117). Bales already holds the ACC single-season record with 134 last season.
- Abby Waner moved into seventh place on the ACC's freshman single-season chart for three-point field goals (49).
- Mistie Williams and Lindsey Harding both scored in double-figures for the third time in five tournament contests.
- Williams had 10 against Southern, 13 against Michigan State and 14 versus LSU; Harding had 18 versus Southern, 10 against Michigan State and 10 versus LSU
- Abby Waner scored in double-figures for the third straight game (14 vs. Michigan State, 10 vs. UConn and 11 vs. LSU). In the last four games she is averaging 11.0 points compared to 9.0 during the season.
- Monique Currie posted her 11th straight double-figure game with 13 points. Currie moved into 10th place on the ACC career scoring list with 2,100 points.
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