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Notes: Duke 66, Providence 49
12/31/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Blue Devil Postgame Notes
Duke at Providence * December 31, 2008
With The Duke Victory:
? Improved to 11-1 on the season.
? Extended its win streak to nine games.
? Moved the series record to 2-1 against Providence.
? Joanne P. McCallie improved to 3-0 all-time against Providence College.
Senior Chante Black
? Collected double-figure scoring for the 12th straight game to open the season as she notched 17 points.
? Pulled down six rebounds and blocked two shots in 34 minutes.
Senior Abby Waner
? With her three steals, moved into third place on Duke's all-time steals list with 263.
? With her six three-pointers attempted, moved into 12th place on the ACC career three-pointers attempted list with 579.
? Registered double-figure scoring for the fifth time this season and the 47th time in her career.
? Finished with 13 points and hit three three-pointers.
? Her three treys marked the third time this year she has nailed three or more treys in a single game.
Junior Joy Cheek
? Broke a string of seven straight games scoring double-figures when coming off the bench.
? Finished with eight points and six rebounds in 22 minutes.
Sophomore Jasmine Thomas
? Posted two blocked shots and now owns four blocks the last two games, after notching zero blocks the first 10 games.
? Notched nine points, four rebounds, three steals, three assists and two blocked shots.
Sophomore Karima Christmas
? Hit a career-high seven free throws on a career-high eight attempts.
? Started the second half of the contest.
? Finished with nine points, five rebounds, three steals, two assists and one blocked shot in 25 minutes.
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Other Duke Notes:
? Forced 29 Providence turnovers in the contest.
? Held Providence to 25.4 percent shooting for the game, which marks the 16th time in the last two years the Blue Devils have held an opponent to under 30.0 percent shooting.
? The 25.4 percent shooting by Providence was the lowest FG% allowed this season by Duke.
? The 49 points scored by Providence marks the 10th time out of 12 games Duke has held an opponent to 56 points or under.
? Attempted a season-low eight three-pointers for the game.
? Hit 4-of-8 treys for a 50.0 percentage.
? Totaled a 23-15 advantage in bench points.
? Duke will next return home for a three-game homestand against Temple (Jan. 5 at 7 pm), Miami (Jan. 9 at 7 pm) and Maryland (Jan. 12 at 7:30 pm).
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