Krystal Thomas

Krystal worked very hard and was quite patient, and it paid off nicely when she got some timely scores in the second half. All the while, she utterly shut down Bravard, FSU's leading scorer. While Bravard scored on her once early in the game, Krystal shut her out the rest of the first half. Some of that came on some impressive one-on-one defensive plays; she twice blocked Bravard and Duke got the rebound. Krystal did flail a bit on the offensive end when she was trying to go one-on-one, forcing up a number of bad shots. That said, her second-half scores were a result of excellent passing, a trend that could get her into double digits on a regular basis if it continues.

Haley Peters

Peters' confidence continues to soar as she went up against another tough opponent in FSU's frosh sensation Natasha Howard. Peters eclipsed her in the early going, scoring in transition, on a three, from the right baseline on a jumper and later on an inbounds cut. She was Duke's second leading scorer in the half and forced FSU to double her in an effort to get her to make a bad decision. While Haley did turn the ball over a couple of times when trapped, she had a key late stickback and short jumper when Duke was putting the game away. She wound up outscoring Howard 15-14 and was an incredibly efficient 6-7 from the field.

Karima Christmas

Karima had a first-half stickback but sat on the bench with 2 quick fouls. Duke was able to absorb that blow but there's no question that it hurt Duke's defensive and rebounding efforts in the first half. In the second half, she replaced Liston in the late going as a defensive/rebounding specialist, and she hit a few free throws down the stretch. Certainly not a vintage performance, but she did still wind up with 5 points and 4 boards.

Jasmine Thomas

Jasmine demonstrated once again why she's the toughest player in the league. In the first half, she set up her teammates in the early going: a fast break pass to Peters, a dish to Peters for a three and another off a drive for a jumper. She then scored on a cut and a stickback; these were flow plays rather than her dominating the ball. Continuing that theme of flow, she drained a couple of treys to put Duke up by 5 off passes from Gray. A steal late in the half led to yet another connecting play to Selby in transition. In the second half, when things got a little tighter, she started to dominate the ball a little more. After a fast break layup and a well-executed two-on-one break with K.Thomas, she found Liston for a three and K.Thomas in the post. When FSU pulled within 3, she pulled up off a screen and rained a jumper. When FSU pulled within 6 with under eight minutes to go, she scored off the dribble. With under three minutes left, she hit another pull-up jumper to keep Duke well ahead. Down the stretch, she hit free throws and broke the press to either score easily or find a teammate. She almost had a triple double and other than a couple of careless turnovers, she was brilliant. More than anything, she looked comfortable playing with her teammates, content to pick her spots while making others look better.

Chelsea Gray

Chelsea had an early steal & layup but sat out much of the first half with foul trouble. In the early going, she was concentrating on setting up others, as she had assists to J.Thomas for a pair of treys and an inbounds pass to Peters. In the second half, she showed off a variety of offensive skills. She split the defense twice with drives to the basket, she buried a three when FSU had pulled within 3, she hit 2 foul shots and found Liston for a three. Best of all, she uncorked a teardrop runner in the lane as part of Duke's 10-0 run that finished off the 'noles. While her foul trouble made her a little less tenacious on defense, she really did need to do a better job at shadowing Courtney Ward, who was a one-woman wrecking crew against Duke's guards.