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Notes: Duke 71, Wake Forest 36
2/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
With The Duke Victory:
- Won its 78th straight home game against an unranked opponent.
- Picked up its 31st consecutive victory against the Demon Deacons.
- Moved the series record to 49-18 against Wake Forest.
- Improved the record to 22-7 in Cameron Indoor Stadium versus Wake Forest.
- Moved to 9-2 on the season at home.
Senior Wanisha Smith
- Went 0-of-5 from the field and over the last two games has hit only 1-of-13 shooting.
Junior Chante Black
- With her two blocks, moved into 15th place on the ACC's career blocked shots list with 175.
- Finished with four points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes.
- Marked only the fourth time this season she has not scored 10+ points.
Junior Abby Waner
- With her basket at the 10:24 mark of the first half, she became the 23rd player in Duke history to reach 1,000 career points.
- Registered double-figure scoring for he third straight game and the 12th time in 20 games this season.
- Posted 12 points, six rebounds and three assists in 25 minutes.
Junior Carrem Gay
- Made her second straight and ninth start of the season.
- Registered double-figure scoring for the second time out of the last three games and the fifth time this season.
- Posted 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting to go along with six rebounds, two steals, one block and one assist.
Sophomore Joy Cheek
- Came off the bench to post 13 points and eight rebounds in 23 minutes.
- Posted double-figure scoring for the 12th time this season and the second game in a row.
Freshman Jasmine Thomas
- Was 0-of-7 shooting on Sunday and over the last two games is 0-of-13 from the field.
Senior Emily Waner
- Is taking a leave of absence from the team and missed Sunday's game.
Other Duke Notes:
- Today's game was labeled “Think Pink” to show support in the fight against breast cancer.
- Posted a 50-34 rebounding advantage.
- Held WFU to a season-low 36 points.
- The 22.8 field goal percentage is a season-low allowed by Duke.
- Hit 50.0 percent from the field in the second half.
- WFU's 22.8 field goal percentage was a season low.
- Held WFU without a point until the 12:41 mark of the first half.
- WFU was held to 20.7 percent shooting in the first half, which is a season-low allowed by Duke.
- Totaled a 36-12 points in the paint advantage.
- Registered 31 points off the bench to WFU's nine.
- Notched a total of 17 steals on the day.
- Hit only 3-of-17 three-pointers on the afternoon.
- Forced 24 WFU turnovers, marking the 17th time this season the Blue Devils have forced their opponents to commit 20 or more turnovers.
- Made 18 free throws on the day, marking the third straight game the Blue Devils have hit 17 or more from the charity stripe.
- Duke will next travel to Clemson on Wednesday, Feb. 13 for a 7:00 p.m. contest.
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