Notes: Duke 66, San Diego State 58

Blue Devil Postgame Notes l San Diego State l NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal l March 27, 2010

With The Duke Victory:

Improved to 30-5 overall on the season.
Registered 30 victories in a season for the eighth time in school history and the eighth time over the last 10 years.
Advanced to the NCAA Regional Final for the eighth time in school history and the first since 2006.
Coach P advanced to a NCAA Regional Final for the second time in her 18-year coaching career (2005 at Michigan State).
Moved to 43-16 all-time in NCAA Tournament play.
Coach P improved to 16-13 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
Is now 11-3 all-time when seeded No. 2 in the NCAA Tournament.
Improved to 2-0 all-time against San Diego State.
Won its seventh straight game against a Mountain West Conference team (7-0 all-time).
Won its sixth consecutive game.
Improved to 2-0 all-time against teams seeded No. 11 in the NCAA Tournament.
Coach P notched her second 30-win season over her 18-year coaching career (2005 at Michigan State).

Matched a career high with 29 points as she hit 10-of-19 field goals.
Totaled her 11th 20+ scoring game of the season and her first in NCAA Tournament action.
Became the eighth player in Duke history to register over 1,000 points, 300 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 steals as a junior. She currently has 1145 points, 330 rebounds, 325 assists and 201 steals.
Her 29 points was the tied for fourth highest single game output for a Duke player in NCAA Tournament action.
Scored Duke's first 10 points of the game.
Notched double-figure scoring for the eighth straight game and the 31st time this season.
Started her 59th straight contest.
With her 29 points, moved into ninth place on Duke's single season points list with 561.
Hit one three-pointer and now has 62 treys made on the season, which is tied for fourth on the Duke single-season charts.
With her six assists, moved into eighth place on Duke's single season assist list with 145.
Played in her 100th career game.
Hit 8-of-8 from the free throw line.

Senior Joy Cheek

Registered 14 points, six rebounds, two steals and one assist.
Moved into a tie for sixth on Duke's all-time games played list with 136 games played.
Played in her 123rd straight game.
Had six rebounds to move into 13th place on Duke's career rebounding chart (673).

Had six points, six rebounds six steals and two assists.
Hit 2-of-4 field goals and now has hit 11-of-14 field goals in three NCAA Tournament games this year.
Matched a career high with six steals.
Owns 83 steals this year, which ranks as tied for sixth best single season output in school history.
Hit her 12th three-pointer of the season and 17th of her career in the first half.

Had eight points, five rebounds, one assist, one steal and two blocks.
Her 69 blocks this season matched the fifth-best single-season output in school history.
Blocked two or more shots for the sixth straight game.

Other Duke Notes:

Registered 23 steals on the day marking the 10th straight game with 10+ steals for the Blue Devils. Had 12 steals in the first half.
Playing in its 16th consecutive and 17th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Improved to 26-0 this year when shooting over 40.0 percent from the field.
Moved to 22-0 this year when holding opponents to 60 points or under.
Forced 22 San Diego State turnovers, which marks the 24th time this season an opponent has 20+ turnovers.
Had 23 steals, which is a Duke single game record in the NCAA Tournament.
Held a 34-16 points in the paint advantage.
Forced 32 of the 66 points off turnovers.
Held a 42-28 advantage in rebounding.
Will face fourth-seeded Baylor in the regional final on Monday at 7:00 PM on ESPN.
Had seven different players notch at least one steal.