Completed Event: Women's Basketball versus UCLA on March 29, 2026 , Loss , 58, to, 70
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Final
Women's Basketball
58
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Notes: Duke 51, Boston College 41
2/7/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
With The Duke Victory:
- Won its fifth straight contest against Boston College and improved the overall series to 6-1.
- Improved to 5-3 in road games this season.
- Moved to 6-2 in the ACC this season and 17-6 overall.
- Won 91 out of the last 98 ACC regular season contests.
Senior Wanisha Smith
- Broke a string of six straight games making at least one three-pointer as she was 0-of-3 from downtown
Junior Chante Black
- Scored 11 points marking the 20th time out of 23 games she has scored double-figures.
- Posted five blocks and now owns 172 career blocks -- moving into 17th place on the ACC career list.
Junior Abby Waner
- Scored 10 points and is now eight points shy of reaching 1,000 career points.
- Registered double-figure scoring for the 11th time this season.
- Hit 2-of-5 from downtown. Had hit 2-of-16 from three-point land the last three games.
Freshman Jasmine Thomas
- Had a string of 14 straight starts at point guard broken as she came off the bench.
- She went on to post three points, two rebounds and two assists in 20 minutes.
Junior Carrem Gay
- Started the contest at forward, marking the eighth start this season and the 42nd start of her career.
- Totaled seven points, four rebounds and one steal in 16 minutes.
Junior Keturah Jackson
- Made her fourth career start and the first since Nov. 23 against Temple.
Sophomore Joy Cheek
- Came off the bench 14-game streak of starting at the forward slot.
- Posted 10 points, while hitting 5-of-7 from the field
- Registered double-figure points for the 12th time this season.
Other Duke Notes:
- Broke a streak of seven straight games scoring 70 or more points against ACC opponents by scoring 51.
- Trailed at the half for the seventh time this season, 23-22.
- Hit 17-of-21 from the free throw line for an 81.0 percentage. Came into the game hitting 63.3 percent.
- The 51 points was the lowest since scoring 49 points against Rutgers on Dec. 6.
- Boston College freshmen Stefanie Murphy and Carolyn Swords came into the game averaging a combined 30.7 points, but were held to a total of 10 points on 3-of-11 shooting.
- Outrebounded BC, 36-34. Duke has outrebounded its opponents nine out of the last 12 games.
- Forced 28 Eagles' turnovers on the night.
- The 91 points scored by both teams is the fewest in the overall series with BC and Duke.
- Held a 16-12 points off the bench advantage.
- Totaled a 20-16 points in the paint lead.
- Had all 12 players available for the fourth straight game and the ninth time this season.
- Will next host Wake Forest on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 2:00 p.m. The contest is labeled "Think Pink" as all fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game.
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