Krystal Thomas

This was a fairly solid game for Krystal. She did fumble the ball out of bounds more than once (although some of those turnovers were not entirely her fault), but she did a good job of being active and ready for the ball. Getting her shots was Duke's primary objective, and every time she scored against the zone represented a major victory for Duke and a breakdown for Temple. When she got the ball at chest level or higher, she did a good job catching and shooting. She hit two hook shots going one-on-one and finished three other shots on post-up seals. She was a bit shaky at the foul line (2-5), and that seemed to be an issue of focus and relaxation. She was her usual stalwart self on defense and grabbed 6 rebounds. All told, a solid game against a physical opponent, albeit one that didn't present a number of scoring threats in the post.

Kathleen Scheer

Scheer hit a jumper in the early going and then oddly sat on the bench for the rest of the first half. She wasn't in foul trouble, nor did she get beaten on defense. Peters got most of her minutes, so it may have just been an initiative to get Haley going. In the second half, Scheer came up with a steal and finished in transition. She also had a great pass to J.Thomas for a jumper that caught Temple napping a bit.

Karima Christmas

Karima was in attack mode for this game and the proved to be the key for Duke. She tortured Temple last year with her strength, shooting and quickness, and coach Tonya Cardoza was relieved to hear that she was a senior. She carried Duke offensively in the first half, forcing Temple to go into their matchup zone by scoring off the dribble and hitting 2 threes. She also had a nasty block that snuffed out a Temple transition basket. Her second half was less glamorous, but she simply went to work. She either found lanes and was fouled or grabbed offensive boards and was fouled. Rima hit 8 straight foul shots, including 4 in a row in a sequence that pushed Duke's lead from 4 to 8. She also had the game-clinching shot: a stickback of a J.Thomas miss. That said, Karima also had some truly baffling turnovers, the worst of which was a 50-foot pass over the head of a wide-open Krystal Thomas in transition. Even on a night when she was relatively dialed in, Christmas had some lapses of focus that will be addressed in practice.

Jasmine Thomas

Jasmine worked hard in this game, but this was far from her most efficient contest. Many of her 6 turnovers were unforced errors: lazy crosscourt passes, fumbled dribbles, etc. The focus just wasn't there all the way. She made up for those errors by redoubling her efforts on defense, which resulted in 5 steals and 3 blocks. A couple of those steals resulted in layup attempts that she either missed or was hit without a call. One of her turnovers was a dubious offensive foul. Jasmine sank 4 jump shots, including a stop-and-pop to start the second half that gave Duke the lead back for good. We have yet to see Jasmine go off in a game this year like she did last year; at some point, Duke will need her to do that in order to defeat an elite opponent.

Chelsea Gray

For the second straight game, Chelsea struggled against a physical opponent. In her case I think foul trouble messed with her head a bit. Coach McCallie noted that one focus in practice in the next week will be learning how to be physical without fouling. Chelsea fouled a couple of times simply because someone beat her off the dribble, and she played defense with her hands instead of her feet (the notable exception being the charge that she took). She also seemed a bit baffled on how to attack such a well-constructed and active matchup zone. Her size and quickness alone weren't doing the job and her shot lacked confidence as a result. The game perhaps came a bit easier to her than the other frosh, but she will need extended practice time as much as anyone.