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12/14/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Showdown In Cameron On Tuesday With No. 11 Duke Hosting No. 3 Stanford On ESPN...
One of the biggest early season contests in women's basketball will take place at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday, Dec. 16 as the 11th-ranked Duke (6-1) women's basketball team will host No. 3 Stanford (7-1) in Cameron Indoor Stadium live on ESPN. Calling the action will be Pam Ward (play-by-play) and Kara Lawson (color).
Fans can also hear the Blue Devils live on the radio on WDNC AM 620 with Steve Barnes (PXP) and Morgan Patrick (Color) on the air. In the rankings, Duke is listed No. 11 in the Associated Press and No. 12 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Polls, while Stanford is No. 3 and No. 4, respectively.
Duke will close out a three-game homestand before heading out West for the Women of Troy Basketball Classic on Dec. 19-20 in Los Angeles, Calif.
MEDIA INFO
What: Stanford at Duke Date: December 16, 2008
Location: Durham, N.C.
Venue: Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Tipoff: 7:30 p.m.
Radio: WDNC AM 620
Radio Talent: Steve Barnes (PxP), Morgan Patrick (Color)
TV: ESPN
TV Talent: Pam Ward (PxP), Kara Lawson (Color)
Livestats: www.GoDuke.com
Noting Duke...
Over the last two games, sophomore Krystal Thomas has averaged 8.0 points and 4.0 rebounds, while hitting 70.0 percent from the field ... Duke holds a 280-120 points in the paint advantage on the year ... over the last six games, Duke has averaged 15.5 steals a contest ... the Blue Devils have forced an average of 27.5 turnovers during the last six games ... so far on the season, senior Chante Black owns 22 blocked shots, which is more than Duke's seven opponents have accumulated against the Blue Devils (15).
A Look At Stanford...
Stanford enters Tuesday with a 7-1 overall record and is coming off notching an 100-62 victory over Fresno State on Dec. 13. The Cardinal have been led by Jayne Appel (13.3 points, 9.4 rebounds), Kayla Pedersen (12.1 points, 6.0 rebounds), Nnemkadi Ogwumike (11.4 points, 5.0 rebounds) and Jillian Harmon (10.0 points, 4.1 rebounds).
Head Coach Tara VanDerveer is in her 30th season as a head coach and owns an overall record of 731-189.
The Series With Stanford...
Duke and Stanford will meet for the third time in school history and the second time in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The two schools last met on Nov. 14, 1998 in the Nike Four in the Fall Classic with fourth-ranked Duke knocking off 17th-ranked Stanford, 77-57. The only other meeting came on Dec. 20, 1988 with the 19th-ranked Blue Devils falling, 91-76, to sixth-ranked Stanford in Durham, N.C.
Duke Versus The Pac 10...
Duke owns an all-time record of 7-5 against teams from the Pac-10-- Arizona State (1-0), California (1-1), Southern California (2-0), Stanford (1-1), UCLA (2-1) and Washington (0-2).
Storylines...
? Duke has registered 25 wins out of its last 26 games at home against non-conference foes. Over the last eight years, the Blue Devils have posted a 52-4 overall record against non-conference opponents in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The losses came against Tennessee (2), Connecticut and South Carolina.
? Duke has won 29 straight home games in the month of December. The last loss came on Dec. 20, 1997 against UCLA, 93-83.
? Blue Devil sophomores Jasmine Thomas and Krystal Thomas played along with Stanford sophomore Kayla Pedersen on the 2007 USA Basketball U-19 World Championship team. The squad posted a 9-0 record and won the gold medal in Bratislava, Slovakia.
? Duke junior Bridgette Mitchell and Stanford guard JJ Hones played on the Blue squad at the 2005 USA Basketball Developmental Festival. The team went 5-0 and won the gold medal.
? The Blue Devils notched four players in double-figure scoring in the last game against Michigan, which marked the second time this year Duke has collected four players in double-figure scoring (Oklahoma State).
? Duke has registered 11 charges taken in seven games on the year. Senior Carrem Gay leads the Blue Devils with four.
? The Blue Devils had a season-low eight turnovers against Iowa two games ago and then had a season-high 30 giveaways against Michigan in the next contest.
? In her 17-year coaching career, Joanne P. McCallie owns a 2-0 record against Stanford. Coach P last collected a 76-69 win in the NCAA Tournament regional semifinal in Kansas City, Mo., when she was the head coach at Michigan State. McCallie's Maine squad also notched a 60-58 victory over Stanford in the NCAA Tournament in 1999.
? After outrebounding its opponents the first four games, Duke was outrebounded against Western Kentucky and Iowa before notching a 46-22 margin in the last contest versus Michigan.
Tough Defense...
The Duke defense has been stellar to open the season as the Blue Devils are holding opponents to 30.3 percent shooting, which ranks first in the ACC and third nationally.
Since Coach P arrived at Duke, it's defense has held 14 opponents to under 30.0 percent shooting and 32 opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting out of 42 games. Overall, the Blue Devils are 13-1 when holding opponents to under 30.0 percent, 16-3 when holding opponents under 40.0 percent shooting and is 3-7 when an opponent shoots over 40.0 percent since Coach P has arrived.
So far this season, Duke's defense has held its opponents to under 20 points in the first half in three of the six contests -- Maine (12), Southern (18) and Iowa (14). The Blue Devil defense has also forced 25 or more turnovers by their opponents in five out of the last six games.
Coming Out Of The Break...
Through the first seven contests, Duke has played its better basketball in the second half. The Blue Devils have averaged 39.9 points, hit 45.1 percent of their field goals, held opponents to 33.0 percent from the field and only 28.7 points per game in the second half.
One of the most glaring numbers of all is the assist/turnover ratio for Duke as in the first half the Blue Devils have dished out 45 assists to 76 turnovers, while in the second half they own 56 assists to 60 turnovers.
Point Guard Shortage...
With injuries to Jasmine Thomas and Chelsea Hopkins, the Blue Devils lost two of their top point guards to run the offense. Thomas, who is a sophomore from Fairfax, Va., opened the season starting at the point guard slot the first four games and Hopkins, a freshman from Las Vegas, Nev., had been playing an extended amount of time at the point position off the bench.
Thomas suffered a sprained MCL of her left knee in practice on Nov. 26 and came back to practice on Sunday, Dec. 14. Thomas is expected to play against Stanford on Tuesday. Hopkins was injured in the second half of the Western Kentucky game with a lateral meniscus injury. She had surgery on Thursday, Dec. 4 by Dr. Alison Toth and she is expected back in two weeks.
With Thomas and Hopkins injured, junior Keturah Jackson has started at point guard the last three games.
What Is Next?...
Duke will hit the road for Los Angeles, Calif., where the Blue Devils will play in the Women of Troy Basketball Classic from Dec. 19-21. The Blue Devils will face Southern California on Dec. 19 at 11:00 p.m. (EDT) on Fox Sports Net West and will take on Siena on Dec. 20 at 10:00 p.m. (EDT).
Cheek Stepping Up...
Junior Joy Cheek continues to play very well for the 11th-ranked Blue Devils as she has scored double-figures in four straight contests. During that stretch, she is averaging 12.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 1.0 assists.
Cheek is also hitting 53.7 percent from the field during her four-game stretch.
Over her last two years, Cheek has been deadly from three-point range in Cameron Indoor Stadium. As a junior, she hit 8-of-16 and as a senior she is 4-of-9 for a total of 12-of-25 from long range.
In Elite Company...
Senior Chante Black needs only 26 more rebounds to become the sixth player in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) history to register over 1,000 points, 800 rebounds and 200 blocked shots. Other ACC players to register the feat are Alison Bales (Duke), DeMaya Walker (UVA), Dawn Royster (UNC), Peggy Capel (CU) and Dolores Bootz (GT).
Black currently owns 1,084 points, 774 rebounds and 214 blocked shots.
Senior Abby Waner needs only 20 rebounds and 16 steals to become the 12th player in ACC history to notch over 1,000 points, 400 rebounds, 250 assists and 265 steals. Only Duke's Alana Beard has ever totaled these numbers.
Waner currently owns 1,184 points, 380 rebounds, 352 assists and 249 steals.
Gay Has Solid Game...
Senior Carrem Gay opened the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds against 14th-ranked Oklahoma State in only 23 minutes of action. Over the next five contests, Gay hit only 6-of-19 field goals and did not score more than seven points in a game until the last game against Michigan.
In the contest against the Wolverines, Gay hit 6-of-11 field goals, notched 12 points, nine rebounds, three steals and one blocked shot in a season-high 30 minutes.
Gay has pulled down five or more rebounds in six of the seven games this year.
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