Nelson, Roberson Power Duke to 76-60 Victory Over Green Bay

Tuesday, November 3

Durham, N.C.

7 p.m.

Duke University

1-0,0-0ACC

Green Bay

0-1,0-0Horizon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Green Bay	18	13	18	11	60
Duke	16	17	27	16	76

Game Notes

Arianna Roberson holds the basketball above a Green Bay defender

Photo by: Duke Athletics

11/3/2026 10:05:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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DURHAM, N.C. – Senior Riley Nelson and Junior Arianna Roberson both scored a team-high 15 points to lead the fourth-ranked Duke women's basketball team to a season-opening 76-60 victory over Green Bay inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Roberson, going 6-10 from the field, added five rebounds and four blocks to her stat line.

It was a balanced night for Duke on offense, with eight Blue Devils getting on the scoresheet. Aaliyah Crump and Delaney Thomas both finished in double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Crump quarterbacked the offense with a career-high six assists, while Thomas paced Duke on the glass with seven boards.

How it Happened

Nelson scored the first points of the 2026-27 season, putting back an offensive board for the 2-0 lead on the game's opening possession.
The Phoenix answered with a three-pointer before the Blue Devils went on a 6-0 run to go ahead 8-3. Three different Blue Devils scored in the spurt.
Green Bay punched back with an 11-2 run for the 14-10 lead with under five to play. Delaney Thomas cut the lead to two prior to the media timeout, but both teams struggled to score in the final three minutes as Green Bay hit a three in the waning seconds for an 18-16 lead after the opening 10 minutes.
The Phoenix had the hot hand to start the second quarter, extending their lead to six, 25-19. The Blue Devils charged back to tie the game at 25 apiece and surged ahead 28-25 with a three-pointer from Nelson.
Green Bay and Duke traded baskets over the next four minutes with Crump draining a three to give the Blue Devils the slight 33-31 advantage at the half.
The Blue Devils were efficient on both ends of the floor in the third quarter, outscoring Green Bay 12-5 to open a nine-point lead, 45-36, four minutes into the period. Five different players scored in the run as Duke shot 57 percent on the offensive end and held the Phoenix to 0-of-3 from the field.
Freshman Autumn Fleary shined for the Blue Devils in the third stanza, dropping in eight points to push Duke's advantage to 60-49 after 30 minutes of action. Duke held Green Bay to just 18-percent shooting, while knocking down 50 percent of its shots in the quarter.
Duke went ahead by as many as 14 midway through the fourth quarter and never let Green Bay get closer than nine en route to the 16-point victory. The Blue Devils held the Phoenix to just 25 percent shooting in the final 10 minutes, including just 14 percent from behind the arc.
The Blue Devils won the battle on the glass, 44-31, and scored 19 second-chance points. Duke, after committing 12 turnovers in the first half, had just five in the final 20 minutes.