2013-14 WBB Game Notes
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DUKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA Final Four - 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006 NCAA Finalist - 1999, 2006 ACC Champions - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013 Lindy Brown, Associate SID • Women’s Basketball Contact • Offi ce: 919-684-2664 • Cell: 919-599-9821 • [email protected] www.GoDuke.com • Twitter - @Duke_WBB, @CoachPDuke • Facebook - DukeWBB • Instagram - dukewbb Game Information 2013-14 SCHEDULE What ............................................... Purdue at Duke (8-0 Overall, 0-0 ACC) Date ...........................Thursday, December 5, 2013 Time ............................................................6:30 PM Location ............................................. Durham, N.C. Venue ..................Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Where to Watch .........................Blue Devil Network ....................................................www.GoDuke.com Radio ....................Blue Devil IMG - WDNC AM 620 ...........Steve Barnes (PXP), Morgan Patrick (Color) Live Stats ....................................www.GoDuke.com Series Record ..................................Duke leads 5-3 Last Meeting .....Dec. 1, 2011 - Duke 64, Purdue 53 Setting the Scene... • Tricia Liston needs three more three-pointers After claiming the Paradise Jam Island Division made to move into a tie for 24th on the ACC career title over the Thanksgiving holiday, the second- treys made list. Her 46.0 three-point percentage is ranked Duke women’s basketball team (8-0) will the highest in league history. She has hit at least return home to host 16th-ranked Purdue (5-1) in one three-pointer in 16 straight contests. the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Thursday, Dec. 5 at • Senior Haley Peters went down with a right 6:30 p.m., in Cameron Indoor Stadium. knee injury in the fi rst half against Vanderbilt, but The contest will be aired live on the Blue Devil returned in the second half. She has missed the last Network via www.GoDuke.com. It will also be car- four contests coming back from the injury. Peters had competed in 109 straight games since arriving ried live on the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network on at Duke and had started 75 consecutive contests. WDNC-AM 620 with Steve Barnes (PXP) and Morgan Patrick (Color) on the air. • Alexis Jones is averaging 14.3 points, 3.1 During the Purdue game, the Duke Marketing assists, 2.7 steals and 3.1 rebounds the last seven team will hold a Basketball Bingo competition in which games. During that span she is hitting 51.4 percent fans will be able to win prizes by checking off boxes from the fi eld and 48.0 percent from downtown (12- when they happen on the court. The bingo table will of-25). be located in the Hall of Honor. • All fi ve Blue Devil starters scored double- fi gures against USC Upstate and Vanderbilt. Storylines/Other Blue Devil Notes... • Duke hit 40.5 percent from three-point land • Coach P needs only two victories to reach last year, which led the nation and was the second- the 500-win mark highest output in school history. • The Blue Devils return all fi ve starters, 93.7 • Duke’s 20-game overall win streak in Cameron percent of their scoring and the top seven scorers Indoor Stadium ranks tied third nationally behind from a year ago. Baylor (57) and UT-Chattanooga (26). • Freshman Kendall McCravey-Cooper has • For only the second time in school history, blocked seven shots over the last three contests. Duke features fi ve players standing 6-3 or taller • Elizabeth Williams went off for a season-high (1996-97). Duke’s nine student-athletes that are 6-0 23 points at Marquette to go along with four blocks, or taller also ties for the most in Blue Devil history three steals, two rebounds and one assist in a (1998-99, 2000-01, 2005-06). season-high 37 minutes. She hit 11-of-15 shots. • Duke features a 39-game home winning Probable Duke Starters... 1 Elizabeth Williams (6-3, Jr.) C/F 15.0 6.3 1.6 77 Straight Games with a Block 33 Haley Peters (6-3, Sr.) F/G 11.5 10.0 1.8 Pulled down 20 boards vs. Upstate 32 Tricia Liston (6-1, Sr.) G 18.4 6.9 1.5 Hitting 55.3% from 3-PT land 12 Chelsea Gray (5-11, Sr.) G 11.9 5.4 8.8 Ranks No. 2 nationally 8.8 assists 2 Alexis Jones (5-8, So.) G 13.0 3.5 3.5 Hitting 44.4% from downtown Fox Sports South, Fox Sports Carolinas, Fox Sports Florida, 22 Oderah Chidom (6-4, Fr.) F 6.9 5.6 0.5 Pulled down 24 rebounds last 2 games Sun Sports, Fox Sports Indiana, Comcast Sports Net Mid-Atlantic, 15 Richa Jackson (6-0, Sr.) F/G 5.9 2.9 0.6 Double-fi gures against Cal & Alabama New England Sports Network (NESN), the YES Network, the 4 Chloe Wells (5-7, Sr.) G 5.8 1.9 2.3 Hit 6-of-14 from downtown Madison Square Garden Network (MSG) in New York and Root 14 Ka’lia Johnson (5-10, Jr.) G/F 2.8 2.2 0.3 Two-Time Letterwinner Sports in Pennsylvania. 21 Kendall McCravey-Cooper (6-4, Fr.) F/C 2.3 1.9 0.1 Blocked 7 shots last three games All ACC games produced as part of the RSN package will also be 30 Amber Henson (6-4, R-Fr.) C/F 0.9 2.1 0.1 Played for fi rst time since 2011-12 available via WatchESPN. 35 Jenna Frush (5-6, Jr.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 Two-Time Letterwinner Duke Basketball Twitter: @Duke_WBB, @CoachPDuke streak against ACC opponents in Cameron Indoor 50-32 rebounding edge. Quick Facts Stadium. 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