Sophomore Azurá Stevens scored eight points in her return to the lineup as the Blue Devils lead the Cavaliers 30-29 at halftime in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Fighting for its NCAA tournament life, Duke may get a big boost at the ACC tournament with its best player back on the court.
With postseason hopes hanging in the balance for this year’s team—even after a dominant 93-57 win Sunday at North Carolina—Duke will need to make the most of its opportunities in Greensboro, N.C., this week.
This week at the ACC tournament, the Blue Devils may need just about everything freshman point guard Angela Salvadores can give them.
The Blue Devils will likely need a few wins in the ACC tournament to secure an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
Today's cover features Duke redshirt sophomore Rebecca Greenwell, who scored a career-high 27 points in the Blue Devils' 36-point win at North Carolina Sunday to close out the regular season.
Turnovers and miscommunications have plagued an inexperienced Duke team for much of the year, but the Blue Devils finally got on the same page in the last game of the regular season.
Rebecca Greenwell is this week's Blue Zone Player of the Week after she scored a career-high 27 points Sunday in a blowout victory against North Carolina.
Redshirt sophomore Rebecca Greenwell scored a career-high 27 points as Duke closed out the regular season with a wire-to-wire 93-57 win against the Tar Heels at Carmichael Arena.
For each of the last 24 seasons, at least one member of the Tobacco Road rivalry has had a spot in the NCAA tournament. With both the Blue Devils and Tar Heels below .500 in ACC play, that streak hangs in the balance entering the teams’ regular-season finale.
With four players unavailable and with sharp-shooter Rebecca Greenwell, Oderah Chidom, Amber Henson, Crystal Primm, Angela Salvadores and Faith Suggs all laboring through injuries Sunday against Georgia Tech, the Blue Devils look like a team who has just emerged from a 12-round boxing match.
The Blue Devils tournament hopes are slowly slipping away as the end of the regular season approaches.
Rebecca Greenwell is the Blue Zone's Player of the Week as she continues to lead a Duke team sorely missing its leader Azurá Stevens.
After Duke was its own worst enemy in the first 20 minutes with 16 turnovers, the Blue Devils ran into injury problems after halftime in a physical game that left head coach Joanne P. McCallie’s squad battered, bruised and still very much on the NCAA tournament bubble.
Amber Henson's Duke career has been marred by injuries, requiring six knee surgeries and months of rehab. On Senior Day Sunday at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the injury bug struck again, hobbling Henson and several of her teammates as the Blue Devils desperately tried to close out its home slate with a win.
Most years, when Duke’s last regular-season home game rolls around, the Blue Devils can still expect to play in Cameron Indoor Stadium again in postseason competition. They hope that will not be the case this season.
After three consecutive losses, and nearing the end of a regular season that has gone anything but as planned, the Blue Devils won a crucial road ACC contest in the final minutes. And they have their newfound playmakers to thank.
A balanced offensive attack in the second half helped the Blue Devils edge past the Hokies in the final minutes of the fourth period and get back to .500 in ACC play.
When stuck in a rut, teams often look to their star players to lead the way. But for Duke, that option has not been available, because its stars have been found sitting on the sidelines during practice.
Redshirt freshman Lyneé Belton will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, the program announced via Twitter Tuesday afternoon, further depleting an already-thin Blue Devil frontcourt.
