Notes: Rutgers 53, Duke 52 - Duke University

Notes: Rutgers 53, Duke 52

3/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

By: Duke Sports Information

With A Loss Today...

Broke a streak of five straight NCAA Elite Eight appearances.
Finished the season with a 32-2 record.
Concluded its 35-game winning streak against non-conference opponents.
Lost for the first time in the NCAA Tournament in the state of North Carolina (14-1).
Dropped its record to 22-4 in the Greensboro Coliseum.
Fell to 7-3 in regional semifinal action.
Now owns a record of 2-3 in the NCAA Tournament against No. 4 seeds.
The series record against Rutgers is now 2-2.

Notes...

Duke led at the half, 21-16, and has not trailed at the end of the first stanza this season.
The Blue Devils were held to a season-low 52 points, which was the lowest point total since their 49 points in a loss to Louisiana State in the NCAA Elite Eight on March 28, 2005.
The 21 points in the first half was a season low (previous was 25 vs. Bowling Green.
The 57.1 percent shooting by Rutgers in the second half was a season high allowed by Duke in a half. This came after holding the Scarlet Knights to 24.1 percent in the first half.
Rutgers' Matee Ajavon scored 20 points marking only the fifth opponent to score 20+ points against the Blue Devils this season.
Rutgers' 16 points in the first half was as season low.
The Blue Devils started the same lineup for the 34th straight game.

Lindsey Harding

With her one steal, she finished her career 46 steals in the NCAA Tournament, which ranked fourth all-time
Became only the third player in Duke history to log over 4,000 minutes (4,008)

Her 68 three-pointers this season ranked tied for first on the Duke single season record. Her 188 treys attempted are also second on Duke's single season list.

Alison Bales

Her 151 blocks this season ranked tied for second on the NCAA single season blocks list. She finished her career with 434, which ranks third on the NCAA all-time blocked shots list.
With her four blocks, she finished her career with 62 blocks in the NCAA Tournament, which is the all-time leader in NCAA play.
After breaking a five-game double-digit scoring streak with four points against Temple, she tied a season high with 21 points on the afternoon.
Notched 10+ points for the 23rd time this season.

Wanisha Smith

Finished the season in 10th place on Duke's single season assist list with 135 dishes.

With her 10 points, she was the only Duke player to register double-figure points in all three NCAA Tournament games this year.

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Alison Bales

C

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Carrem Gay

F

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Lindsey Harding

G

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Wanisha Smith

G

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Abby Waner

G

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