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Notes: Connecticut 74, Duke 48
11/25/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
- The loss broke a 14-game winning streak in tropical destinations over the last nine years.
- Duke had won two straight against Connecticut prior to the loss tonight. The series moves to Connecticut's favor, 4-3.
- The Blue Devils continued their struggles at the free throw line hitting only 5-of-13 (38.5%). Going into the game, Duke was hitting 58.7 percent.
- It was the worst lost for Duke since Nov. 21, 1998 when the Blue Devils fell, 84-57, at 11th-ranked Notre Dame.
- Duke allowed a season-high 74 points (Temple's 53 was the previous high).
- The Blue Devils were outrebounded for the second straight game and the second time this season, 35-28.
- The Blue Devils trailed at the half for the second time this season, 40-24. The other game was at Denver (27-25). The 16-point deficit is the largest since Jan. 3, 2004 when the Blue Devils trailed Connecticut, 35-18, and ended up coming back to win 68-67 at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Conn.
- Junior Chante Black totaled double-figure scoring for the fifth straight game as she totaled 10 first half points and went on to finish with a team-best 16 points to go along with three rebounds and three steals.
- Senior Wanisha Smith scored two points in the first half, which gave her 1,001 for her career. She became the 22nd player in Duke history to reach the 1,000-point mark.
- The Blue Devils started their sixth straight different starting lineup of the season in six games -- Wanisha Smith, Chante Black, Brittany Mitch, Abby Waner and Carrem Gay.
- Junior Abby Waner made her return to the lineup on Sunday after missing the last four games due to an ankle injury. She played 22 minutes and scored zero points. She dished out four assists and had one steal. The scoreless effort marked fourth time in 71 career games she has not scored in a game she played.
- The Blue Devils allowed a season-high 53.2 percent shooting.
- Duke entered the game winning four straight against teams ranked in the top-five nationally.
- Duke will return home to North Carolina on Monday and then will travel to Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday for a Wednesday, Nov. 28 contest at Vanderbilt. Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. (Eastern).
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