The Blue Devils left the Tar Heels in the dust Thursday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium, winning 68-53. They were led by 23 from Reigan Richardson and 19 by freshman Toby Fournier.
Duke tallied two midweek losses, falling to both Campbell and Liberty by a combined score of 21-10. The Blue Devils ended Tuesday’s road game with a 9-6 loss despite mounting a back-half surge against the Fighting Camels. When they returned home to face the Flames Wednesday, defensive inconsistencies paved the way to a 12-4 defeat.
The last time Duke and North Carolina played, the Tar Heels earned an overtime victory against the Blue Devils. This time, No. 16 Duke looks for revenge on Senior Night. Find out what our beats think will happen.
No. 2 Duke takes on Florida State back home at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Zone is here with an overview of the Seminoles, along with an X-Factor for each squad.
Dr. Javier Wallace, postdoctoral associate of African and African American studies, hosted a pre-screening of C.B.: Power to the Player, a film he produced celebrating the life and struggles of Dr. Claudius “C.B.” Claiborne, the first African American basketball player at Duke.
Sitting in a small press conference room in Watsco Stadium after a blowout 97-60 victory over ACC basement dweller Miami, it’s impossible to ignore the similar grit, desire and determination that this Duke team is playing with night in and night out. Despite the supposed lack of maturity as one of the younger squads in college hoops, this team is striving for that 1992 glory in all the right ways, and it shows on and off the court.
No. 16 Duke women’s basketball will host No. 8 North Carolina Thursday for their second meeting this season. The Blue Zone is here with an overview of the Tar Heels and the game, along with three keys for the Blue Devils.
No. 2 Duke dismantled Miami 97-60 Tuesday night at the Watsco Center to continue its dominant ACC run. The freshman trio of Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and Isaiah Evans combined for 52 points and 11 boards in the contest as all of their stocks continue to rise. As a whole, the squad knocked down 15 threes and dished out 20 assists in a complete offensive showing.
MIAMI — No. 2 Duke’s men's basketball is in the Watsco Center for a ACC matchup against Miami. After 20 minutes of play, the Blue Devils have jumped out to a 47-32 lead.
It was a chaotic week of college basketball, and the Blue Zone is here to recap all the major changes in the AP Poll.
The Duke fencing team made a strong statement on the opening day of the ACC Championships, with junior saberist Kunling Tong earning a silver medal in the women’s individual competition and the men’s team fighting to a hard-earned third-place finish inside North Carolina’s Eddie Smith Field House. On the second day, the Blue Devils continued to shine, with épéeist Allen Marakov securing a bronze medal in the men’s individual competition. The women’s team, after a valiant effort, finished a close second in the team event, narrowly falling to Notre Dame for the ACC Championship.
With the NBA season well underway, the Blue Zone took a look at how some former Duke standouts are performing in the professional scene.
Duke walked away from the meet with a 11th-place finish for the women and 12th-place finish for the men. Several Blue Devil swimmers earned new cuts for the NCAA Championships, while divers flipped to impressive finishes from Greensboro’s springboards. The dozens of Olympians and NCAA record-holders sharing the pool deck pushed seemingly every competitor to new speeds.
Duke’s women tennis dove head first into ACC conference play on the road, securing two big wins against Boston College and Syracuse. Winning in doubles against both teams and earning early wins in singles, the Blue Devils dominated this weekend with scores of 4-0 against the Eagles and 4-1 against the Orange.
Cassidy Curd led Duke’s efforts against No. 15 Nebraska, holding the Cornhuskers scoreless; she closed things out against Minnesota, tying a neat bow on Dani Drogemueller’s earlier efforts. And at the tournament’s crescendo, Curd shut out No. 4 UCLA while former Bruin Thessa Malau’ulu earned Duke its only run.
Boston College led for nearly the entire game, expanding their lead with an aggressive offense and well-timed shots on goal en route to a dominant 19-10 victory. The Blue Devils, however, became the first team this season to score at least 10 goals against the Eagles, spearheaded by sophomore Bella Goodwin’s two goals and one assist.
The second half of Richardson’s senior season has disappointed relative to her expectations, but it is important to note that said expectations aren’t coming out of thin air. Earlier this season, she scored a career-high 35 points in an overtime victory over Oklahoma. In the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament last season, Richardson averaged 26.5 points and seven rebounds a game while shooting 58.3% from the floor. She has shown an ability to completely take over games with her midrange jumper, but it hasn’t been actualized over the back half of the 2024-25 season.
However, a tone-setting performance on the mound from Ryan Higgins helped engineer a 34-3 combined drubbing over the final two games of the weekend, giving the Blue Devils their first series win of the year. Duke found production from up and down the lineup, seeing balls find gaps in ways they had not against the Bearcats.
In a 110-67 record-shattering domination of Illinois, there was a lot that went right for Duke. Many of those good things can be boiled down to James’ contribution to this roster. In a stacked starting lineup, his heroics are often under-discussed, but he is a key cog in Duke basketball’s well-oiled machine.
The Blue Devils got back to their winning ways, making a 80-49 win over Syracuse look pretty easy. The Orange were held to their second-lowest point total of the season, powered by a 21-6 second quarter run by Duke that put the game out of reach for the visitors.
