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Duke Vanquishes the 'Hoos
1st Half

  

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0-0, 20:00 - Tipoff 0-0, 20:00 - Tipoff 0-0, 19:58 - UVa won the tip 0-0, 19:44 - A missed jumper by Monica Wright proved to be a harbinger of a poor shooting afternoon for Virginia 0-0, 19:13 - Virginia defense collapsing on Alison Bales 0-0, 19:07 - This Lindsey Harding miss was Duke's first attempt. UVa took away Harding, but other players stepped up. 3-2, 18:39 - Abby Waner nailed this three, en route to a perfect 5-5 from behind the arc in the first half. 5-4, 17:58 - This open jumper by Alison put Duke back in front 7-6, 16:37 - Abby drives off an offensive rebound... 7-6, 16:37 - ...but is unable to convert. 7-6, 16:37 - Carrem tries for the layup but Lyndra Littles is there for the Cavs... 7-6, 16:37 - ...and the layup goes astray... 7-6, 16:37 - Abby swiped the offensive board from Sharnee Zoll, but missed a layup from the paint. 7-6, 16:12 - Alison missed this jumper 7-6, 15:36 - Sharnee Zoll guards Wanisha Smith 10-6, 15:00 - Alison Bales looks to make the entry pass... 10-6, 14:56 - ...but Lindsey Harding charges into Siedah Williams 10-6, 14:29 - Wanisha Smith on the break... 12-6, 14:28 - ...feeding Joy Cheek for the deuce 12-8, 13:44 - Alison pulls down the board from a Smith miss... 12-8,13:44 - ...but isn't able to hit, either... 12-8, 13:42 - ...and Nish returns the favor by boarding Ali's miss. And while this looks like a foul by Monica Wright... 12-8, 13:38 - ...the real foul came from Littles as Wanisha drove strong. 12-8, 13:38 - Wesley Dean calls the foul 14-8, 13:38 - Lindsey Harding watches Brenna McGuire try to avoid a lane violation during the Smith made freethrows. 1st half - Sharnee Zoll brings the ball up for Virginia 14-10, 12:54 - Abby Waner 14-10, 12:52 - Wanisha's open three did not go... 14-10, 12:50 - ...but she boarded her own miss, and ran the offense... 14-10, 12:38 - Carrem Gay enters the paint, where she was fouled. 16-10, 12:33 - Abby Waner, about to dish an assist to Carrem 16-10, 12:11 - At the far end, Joy Cheek contests Lyndra Littles. "D" was key in this stretch, as the Devils held the Cavs scoreless for over three minutes. 16-10, 11:43 - Joy Cheek expressed her pain at missing this layup 1st half - Veteran officials Sally Bell and Wesley Dean during a media timeout 16-10, 11:10 - Lindsey Harding peers around Paulisha Kellum after a rebound 16-10, ~11:00 - Emily Waner 1st half - ...and the tie-up meant a re-tie! 1st half - Lindsey Harding 1st Half - Carrem Gay 19-10, 10:19 - Emily Waner ended a two and half minute drought with this three pointer 1st half - Virginia's Abby Robertson 21-10, 8:46 - Monica Wright cuts off Lindsey Harding's drive 21-10, 9:14 - ...resulting in a Virginia steal. 27-14, 7:28 - Another three for Abby, who finished the first half with 17 points 29-16, 6:42 - After a nice pass from Joy, Alison lays it in, and is fouled by Abby Robertson 1st half - Alison Bales 33-21, 5:32 - Emily Waner, after delivering the assist to her sister for three 1st Half - Alison Bales bangs inside with Abby Robertson 33-21, 5:00 - Virginia's Debbie Ryan protests a call. 33-21, 4:40 - After a Duke steal, Lindsey Harding sets the offense 33-21, 4:30 - Brenna McGuire closely guards Abby Waner... 36-21, 4:14 - ...but eventually gets loose for her fifth three of the half. 36-21, 3:40 - Wright defends this Harding layup 36-21, 3:40 - ...and everybody crashes the boards - out to UVa 36-23, 3:19 - Siedah Williams takes the charge from Bridgette Mitchell. 2:17, 36-23 - Missed jumper by Ali 36-25, 1:48 - Lyndra Littles layup prompted a Duke time out 1st half - A new electronic scorers table at the Coliseum 1st half - The obligatory Abby Waner hair photo 38-25, 0:10 - After a steal with 19 seconds remaining, Duke turned it over, but Virginia didn't get a shot. - Halftime - Duke 38, UVa 25
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