Durham bragging rights in women’s basketball are on the line tonight at 7, when N.C. Central visits No. 8 Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The 9-2 Blue Devils will come in as heavy favorites over the 1-9 Eagles, who are in their third season as transitional members of NCAA Division I in preparation for full […]
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Duke names all-decade women’s team
Duke’s only two female basketball players whose jerseys are retired lead the Blue Devils’ official all-decade women’s team released Tuesday. Guards Alana Beard ’04 and Lindsey Harding ’07 (pictured), the only team members ever named national players of the year, lead the first unit along with Monique Currie ’06, Iciss Tillis ’04 and Georgia Schweitzer […]
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Wolfpack just short of road upset
N.C. State led most of the second half and almost got a big road upset, but one big rebound made the difference. Monica McNutt followed a missed Sugar Rodgers free throw with 13.7 seconds left, and Brittany Strachan’s jumper at the buzzer was off-target as Georgetown beat the Wolfpack 67-66. Strachan (pictured) led the Wolfpack […]
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Looking to retain momentum, Wolfpack closes pre-holiday slate at Georgetown
N.C. State plays the final pre-Christmas game for a Triangle women’s basketball team tonight at 7, when the Wolfpack visits Georgetown for a key non-conference battle. The Wolfpack won the teams’ only meeting 61-58 last New Year’s Eve at Reynolds Coliseum. Bonae Holston (pictured) leads the Wolfpack in both scoring and rebounding. The Wolfpack’s first […]
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Eagles play well but lose at Ball State
N.C. Central was respectable on the road, but once again the Eagles came up short. Malik Perry had 17 points while Jarrod Jones chipped in 16 points with 10 rebounds for Ball State, which topped the visiting Eagles 59-45. Dijon Manns (pictured) led the Eagles (2-10) with 13 points, followed by C.J. Wilkerson with 11 […]
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Duke blows away host Black Bears; McCallie banner raised to rafters
Bridgette Mitchell and Karima Christmas each scored 16 points as No. 8 Duke rolled to a 75-34 women’s basketball victory at Maine. The win came on a night that Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie (pictured), who began her head coaching career at Maine in 1992, was honored with a banner bearing her name raised to […]
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UNC’s DeGraffenreid ACC women’s POW
UNC’s Cetera DeGraffenreid was named ACC women’s basketball player of the week, while Maryland’s Tianna Hawkins was rookie of the week for games ending Sunday. Junior guard DeGraffenreid (pictured) had one of the better games of her career, with a career-high 26 points as well as 10 assists to tie her career high in that […]
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McCallie takes heavily favored Blue Devils home to Maine
Coach Joanne P. McCallie (pictured) is taking her Duke women’s basketball team to Maine, where she starred as a high schooler and then began her career as a head coach, and the Blue Devils will again be heavily favored. The No. 7 Blue Devils (8-2) had no trouble with the Black Bears (2-6) last season […]
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Eagles again look for an upset when they travel to Ball State
N.C. Central completes its two-game trip to Indiana tonight at 7, when the Eagles visit Ball State in the schools’ first meeting. The Eagles (2-9), who fell 81-58 on Saturday night at Indiana, are still looking for first-year coach LeVelle Moton’s first win over a Division I opponent. C.J. Wilkerson leads the Eagles in scoring, […]
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Eagles get their first victory; Tar Heels rally late to knock off Gamecocks
N.C. Central finally got a win in women’s basketball, while No. 9 UNC had to come back to beat South Carolina on a day when both of those teams were playing on neutral courts. Freshman Joanna Miller (pictured) led NCCU (1-9) with 21 points and was named to the all-tournament team while three teammates were […]
