Wood, Fournier Lead No. 7 Duke Past Holy Cross, 91-48

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Wood, Fournier Lead No. 7 Duke Past Holy Cross, 91-48

11/9/2025 4:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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DURHAM, N.C. – In her first career start, Duke junior Jordan Wood dropped in a career-high 18 points to lead No. 7 Duke to a 91-48 victory over Holy Cross in non-conference women's basketball action inside Cameron Indoor Stadium Sunday afternoon.

Wood went 6-of-16 from the floor, including 5-of-12 from long range, to finish with 18 points. She added nine boards, four assists and two blocks for an impressive final stat line.

Sophomore Toby Fournier led all scorers with 27 points, one mark shy of her career-high, while pulling down nine rebounds. Senior Taina Mair was the floor general for Duke, totaling seven points, seven rebounds, seven assists and zero turnovers in 27 minutes of action. Junior Delaney Thomas notched a double-double, leading Duke with 13 rebounds, while also putting up 11 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Holy Cross had the hot hand in the early going, draining a pair of threes on its first three possessions for a 6-2 advantage after three minutes of play.
Wood responded for the Blue Devils with consecutive three-point plays. The junior forward got an and-one and then dropped in a trifecta on the next possession to give Duke its first lead of the game, 8-6.
Duke stretched the lead to four, 10-6, before Holy Cross answered with back-to-back threes for a 12-10 edge heading into the first timeout of the afternoon.
The Blue Devils closed the quarter with a 7-0 run, keeping the Crusaders off the board for the final 4:01. Redshirt sophomore Riley Nelson keyed the run with five points – two from the charity stripe and a three.
The momentum stayed with Duke to start the second period as Wood knocked down two more three-pointers and Fournier sank two free throws to extend the lead to 25-12.
Duke's defense continued to suffocate Holy Cross, holding the Crusaders without a point for a span of 8:23 and without a field goal for 11:31. The Blue Devils outscored Holy Cross 29-1 over that stretch to head into the locker room up, 45-16.
The Blue Devils held Holy Cross to just 6.7 percent shooting in the second quarter, while knocking down 53 percent of their shots on the offensive end.
Duke's offense was firing on all cylinders in the third quarter and running through Fournier. The sophomore had 13 straight points as the Blue Devils' lead stayed at 29, 58-29, at the three-minute mark.
Nelson capped the third with layup as time expired to send the Blue Devils into the fourth quarter with a 33-point lead, 68-35. Duke shot 73 percent in the third stanza and constricted Holy Cross to a 42.9 percentage.
Holy Cross opened the final period converting a layup, but the Blue Devils pushed their edge out to 84-37, seeing 11 points from senior Ashlon Jackson. The Crusaders momentarily halted Duke's momentum with back-to-back points from beyond the arc. However, Duke went on a 6-0 spurt, extending its lead to 90-43 with 2:25 left to play. Holy Cross scored five more points, and Thomas converted a free throw to round out the Blue Devils' home-opener triumph, 91-48.
Mary-Elizabeth Donnelly led Holy Cross with 11 points and seven rebounds.

UP NEXT
Duke is back inside Cameron Indoor Stadium Wednesday, Nov. 12 against Norfolk State. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m., on ACC Network Extra.

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