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Notes: Duke 83, Clemson 54
2/13/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
With The Duke Victory:
- Improved to 19-6, 8-2 in the ACC.
- Moved the overall series record to 32-30 in favor of Clemson.
- Won 15 out of the last 18 games versus Clemson dating back to the 1997-98.
- Won 11 straight games against Clemson.
- Moved Duke's record to 11-16 all-time at Clemson.
- Won its 93 out of the last 100 ACC regular season contests.
Senior Wanisha Smith
- Started her 109th career game and is now tied for seventh on Duke's all-time games started list.
- Broke a streak of 0-of-8 from the field the last two games with a three-pointer in the second half. Over the last three games, has hit 2-of-17 from the field. She finished the night with four points in 22 minutes.
Junior Chante Black
- Registered four blocks on the night giving her 179 for her career, which is five away from 14th place on the ACC blocked shots list.
- Collected double-figure scoring for the 21st time out of 25 games this season.
- Totaled 14 points, eight rebounds, three assists and four blocks in 25 minutes.
Junior Abby Waner
- Hit three three-pointers in the first half as she totaled 12 points.
- Her three treys in the first half marked the first time she has hit three or more three-pointers in a game since Dec. 21 against Bucknell when she had three.
- Posted double-figure scoring for the 13th time this season and the fourth straight game. It marked the first time this season she has notched 10+ points in four consecutive contests.
- Finished the game hitting 4-of-9 three-pointers, marking only the third time this season she has hit four or more treys.
- Posted 15 points, five steals, three assists and three rebounds 30 minutes.
Sophomore Joy Cheek
- Posted double-figure scoring for the 14th time this season and the third straight game since moving out of the starting lineup. Finished with 15 points and eight rebounds.
Sophomore Bridgette Mitchell
- Came off the bench to score six straight points during Duke's 16-0 run in the first half. Finished with seven points and three rebounds in 10 minutes in the first stanza.
- Finished the game with nine points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals in 20 minutes.
Sophomore Keturah Jackson
- In the return to her home state of South Carolina, made her sixth career start.
- Totaled two points in 13 minutes of play.
Other Duke Notes:
- In the first half, it was a game of runs as Duke led 4-0 and then Clemson went on a 12-0 run to take a 12-4 lead at the 15:25 mark. Duke then went on a 16-0 run to take a 20-12 lead and closed the half on a 36-5 run over the final 13:24.
- All four post players -- Carrem Gay, Chante Black, Joy Cheek and Krystal Thomas -- had eight rebounds for the first time this season.
- Over the last three games, has held opponents to a total of 131 points for an average of 43.7 points a game.
- Posted a 54-34 rebounding advantage.
- The 25 turnovers tied a season high
- Held Clemson to 29.0 percent shooting. Over the last two games, has held opponents to 22.9 and 29.0 percent shooting against Clemson and Wake Forest.
- Hit 49.2 percent from the field, which was the third-highest percentage of the season.
- Notched a 43-20 bench points advantage.
- Collected a 40-24 points in the paint lead.
- All 11 players who played scored in the game.
- Forced 20 WFU turnovers, marking the 18th time this season the Blue Devils have forced their opponents to commit 20 or more turnovers.
- Scored 83 points marking only the second time over the last 10 games Duke has scored 80+ points.
- Duke will next host fourth-ranked Maryland on Sunday, Feb. 17 for a 5:30 p.m. contest on Fox Sports Net.
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