XFactor: Duke basketball vs Miami
By Ben Feder | January 25, 2016Junior Matt Jones will need to have a big game Monday for Duke to upend Miami in a key conference game.
Junior Matt Jones will need to have a big game Monday for Duke to upend Miami in a key conference game.
Azure Stevens is the Blue Zone's Player of the Week after a pair of solid performances in wins against Clemson and North Carolina.
Sophomore Grayson Allen is this week's Blue Zone Player of the Week after his solid performance against N.C. State to stop Duke's three-game losing streak.
Azurá Stevens poured in 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for her 12th double-double of the season, and graduate student Amber Henson snagged a career-high 16 rebounds to help Duke outscore North Carolina 21-7 in second-chance points and send the Tar Heels to their fifth straight conference loss.
N.C. State head coach Mark Gottfried gave his thoughts on freshman phenoms Brandon Ingram and Ben Simmons after seeing both first-hand this season.
A key performance from Grayson Allen helped the Blue Devils snap their three-game losing streak Saturday in a 88-78 road win against the Wolfpack.
For the first time since January 1992, the Blue Devils and Tar Heels will battle for Tobacco Road supremacy with neither squad ranked in the Associate Press women’s college basketball rankings.
With an improved tenacity and fight for the ball than it had displayed during losses against Clemson, Notre Dame and Syracuse, No. 20 Duke froze talks of its an spiral with a gritty 88-78 victory.
Grayson Allen scored 28 points and Brandon Ingram added 25 as Duke snapped a three-game losing streak and won at PNC Arena for the first time since 2011.
Senior Amile Jefferson stood on the sidelines before Saturday's game without the walking boot he has sported for the last several games, an encouraging sign for a Duke squad strapped for frontcourt depth.
Behind a monstrous second-half run, No. 20 Duke dug itself out of a seven-point halftime deficit and glided past N.C. State 88-78, avoiding a fourth consecutive loss to an unranked ACC foe.
After making the trek from Durham through the remnants of snow and ice on the road from Winter Storm Jonas, No. 20 Duke trails N.C. State 43-36 after 20 minutes at PNC Arena.
PNC Arena has been a house of horrors for Duke of late—the Blue Devils have dropped two straight to the Wolfpack in Raleigh, in addition to the 2014 NCAA tournament loss to Mercer.
As winter storm Jonas sweeps across the East Coast, No. 20 Duke heads across the Triangle to take on N.C. State Saturday at 2 p.m. at PNC Arena, a venue that has not been kind to the Blue Devils in recent years.
The Blue Zone takes a look at three keys to the game before Duke's contest against N.C. State Saturday.
Center Marshall Plumlee will be the X-factor for Duke Saturday against a talented N.C. State front court.
Behind a pair of dominant runs to start both halves, the Blue Devils eased away from Clemson 72-43, vanquishing the road demons that had plagued Duke for much of the season.
Sophomore forward Azurá Stevens torched the Tigers for a career-high 33 points on 11-of-19 shooting as the Blue Devils won their first game as an unranked team since 1999.
With the midway point of the NBA season upon us, the Blue Zone takes a look at how some former Duke stars are doing in the association.
The Blue Zone takes a look at Duke basketball's latest recruiting news.