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Duke 49, Rutgers 44

 

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Today's Game in Pictures - In Order and Fully Captioned

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- Wanisha Smith, 1000 point scorer - Wanisha Smith - Jasmine Thomas in pregame intros for her first Duke career start - Duke won the opening tip and took a 2-0 lead on a Bridgette Mitchell jumper - Kia Vaughn answered, tying the game at 2-up. - Chante Black misses the jumper - Bridgette Mitchell rejects Kia Vaughn - Essence Carson leads the Rutgers break as Jasmine Thomas and Chante Black give chase - Carson puts Rutgers ahead - Bridgette Mitchell tries to drive against Heather Zurich (21) and Kia Vaughn (15). Her layup would miss. - Rutgers' Matee Ajavon takes the dribble between her legs... - ...then Adjavon goes to the rack, but misses - Kia Vaughn tries to go strong... - ...but Kia is rejected by Chante Black and Joy Cheek - Ephipanny Prince pops the open 3 - Bridgette Mitchell can't convert in front of the 6,450 in attendance - Prince fakes the pass... - ...and then converts again. Duke needs a time out. - In the isolation play off the Duke timeout, Chante Black is forced to settle for a jumper, and misses - Ajavon sees Zurich, and dishes to her for a 9 point Scarlet Knight lead - Coach P calls for the zone, which stopped the bleeding after a 9 point Rutgers run. - Coach C. Vivian Stringer and the Rutgers bench - Carrem Gay ended the six minute Duke drought with this jumper - The Duke zone continued to force Rutgers jumpers, which were mostly misses - Brittany Mitch drives... - ...but it didn't work out, and Mitch didn't take another shot the rest of the game - Joy Cheek and Abby Waner wait to re-enter the game - Carrem knocks down a second consecutive jumper - Jasmine Thomas hopes for the rebound, but Rashidat Junaid has put it in - Junaid makes sure she keeps this rebound of an Abby Waner miss - The height of Rashidat Junaid would force a Joy Cheek miss... - ...but Joy would rebound, and not be denied the score - Another rebound for Cheek, this time on the defensive end - Jasmine Thomas whips a pass into the post, but Duke would not score this possession - Rutgers during the media timeout - Prince menaces Waner in the paint - Joy Cheek tries to get control of the ball in the paint. - Abby Waner is fouled while making a layup that proved to be her lone basket of the night - Abby made the free throw, capping a Duke 10-2 run - Epiphanny Prince breaking to the hoop after a steal - Abby Waner fouls Prince - Continuation for Prince, who missed the shot and got two free throws - Essence Carson of Rutgers - Epiphanny Prince on the line - Carrem Gay - Abby Waner heads downcourt - Abby Waner is called for her 2nd foul in less than a minute, this time for blocking Essence Carson - Duke coach Joanne McCallie does not like the foul call on her star - Essence Carson at the line, making both - This would be Duke's ball - After this jumper by Chante Black, both teams would go stone cold for the next six minutes of play - Carrem Gay blocks Kia Vaughn - Jasmine Thomas tries to get the ball inside - The latest in Rutgers fashion footwear - Battle for a rebound underneath after a Rutgers miss - Prince breaks with Black in pursuit - Joy Cheek on the bench, icing a large egg on her forehead - Carrem Gay rejects Junaid - It's gonna be a miss - Brittany Ray is unable to save this one for Rutgers - Brittany Ray is unable to save this one for Rutgers (Frame 2) - Chante Black hands it off to Brittany Mitch - Raisidat Junaid goes up for the jumper - Chante Black is called for the foul of Junaid, who goes to the line for 2 - Junaid made both free throws to end the six minute scoring drought - Chante answered with a jumper, leading Duke's 1st Half scorers with 6 points - Jasmine Thomas put Duke back within two - Chante Black missed this layup - But Joy Cheek got the offensive board, and was fouled trying to put it back - Joy, still sporting the swollen forehead from the first half, made the second freethrow. At this point Rutgers pulled their entire starting lineup. - Coach P counsels Bridgette Mitchell - This wrestling for the basketball (with or without whistle) was typical of the contest - Chante Black is fouled - Chante made one of two from the stripe to tie the game at 21 - Karima Christmas drives on Rutgers' Katie Adams - Christmas missed this highly contested layup - Jasmine Thomas spots Carrem Gay, whose jumper puts Duke in front - A two point lead with almost a half left to play never felt so good - Boxing out for a rebound that wasn't as another Gay jumper stretched the cushion to four - Trying to rebound a Jasmine Thomas miss, Abby Waner is whistled for her fourth personal foul - Keturah Jackson loses control and charges on the way to the hoop - Fortunately Essence Carson did not fall on me - Karima Christmas rebounds a Jasmine Thomas miss... - ...and then Karima lays it in for the tie - Keturah Jackson ties the game with a layup - Jasmine Thomas converts a runner and is fouled, but Duke still trails - A miss from the free throw line for Jasmine... - ...but Keturah Jackson hustles to the rebound and is fouled - KJ would miss both free throws - Chante Black was double-teamed down low most of the night - An offensive board for KJ off an Abby Waner miss - Everybody in the building sees Abby Waner wide open in the corner...except Jasmine Thomas, who is making Duke's only three of the game from up top - KJ on defense - A Prince three puts Rutgers back on top - Prince tries to make an entry pass - After an offensive rebound, Abby Waner is fouled by Essence Carson - Abby at the line, ready to take the crucial one plus one. - Abby calmly made both. - The determination shows on Chante Black's face, and she ties the game at 42. It was Duke's last field goal, but the Devils would not trail again. - Matee Ajavon tries to get the stagnant Rutgers half court offense to move - they'd eventually take a time out - Duke on defense in the final minutes - Ajavon's three point attempt over KJ was no good - Jasmine Thomas misses the baseline J. Rutgers would rebound and tie the game on their next possession. - With the score knotted at 44, Carrem Gay was sent to the line with 30.6 seconds left...she made the first - Chante Black rejects Matee Ajavon's potential game winner with 11 seconds remaining - As Jasmine Thomas brought up the ball, Matee Ajavon fouled Keturah Jackson off the play, prompting a reaction from the Rutgers bench that drew a technical foul. - Abby Waner swished both technical free throws, putting Duke up three - Abby Waner looks on as KJ makes one of two free throws - Wanisha Smith and the Duke bench erupt as KJ rebounds a Brittany Ray miss, icing the game - KJ makes one of two for the final 49-44 margin - Victory! - Much happiness in the Duke post game huddle - More happiness for the Duke team, breaking their three game losing streak - Hugs for Abby and KJ - Coach Stringer at the end of the handshake line - Blue Devil Jubilation - Abby Waner in the center of it all - Feeling like #1 again - Together - Thanking the crowd for a job well done - Wanisha Smith and Krystal Thomas didn't play tonight, but can celebrate with the best of them - Happy Blue Devil Joy Cheek - Solemn looks from Coach Springer and her team in the interview room - It's always better after a win - Jasmine Thomas reflects on her first Duke start
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