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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Despite a two-week layoff, Duke looked anything but rusty in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The top-seeded Blue Devils (27-3) look to carry the momentum of their 69-point first-round win into Tuesday's matchup against Southern California (19-11).

Duke breezed through Sunday's game against Southern, defeating the Jaguars 96-27. Monique Currie had 19 points and Lindsey Harding 18 as Duke held Southern to a tournament-record low for points.

The Blue Devils were anxious to get back on the court after suffering two losses in three games to end the regular season.

``I think it was good for us mentally,'' coach Gail Goestenkors said. ``We haven't blown a team out in a while and I think it was good for our confidence. We're coming off a couple of tough games and we have been working really hard.''

Duke, a No. 1 seed for the fifth time in six years, held Southern to 11 field goals and forced the Jaguars into committing 26 turnovers. The Blue Devils jumped out to a 32-6 lead early in the first half.

``I think this was a really important game for us just to get it all started,'' Harding said. ``There are six games on the way to the national championship and we wanted to start off right.''

Southern Cal had a more difficult time advancing on Sunday.

Chloe Kerr blocked a shot with 16 seconds to play and Camille LeNoir made two free throws in the last 12 seconds as the eighth-seeded Women of Troy beat South Florida 67-65.

Kerr played a huge role for Southern Cal, scoring 16 points, grabbing 14 rebounds and blocking five shots. On the last one, she tied up the ball, getting possession for the Women of Troy, and then watched as LeNoir finished off a 17-point night.

``Down the stretch there, it looked like she got every rebound,'' Southern Cal coach Mark Trakh said of Kerr. ``Chloe came up big when we needed her to come up big.''

The winner of this matchup will face either fourth-seeded Michigan State or No. 5 Kentucky on Sunday in Bridgeport, Conn.

``I was watching the Duke game, and I've seen them play before, and they are just incredible,'' Trakh said. ``They are huge, extremely skilled, and very well coached. But we have nothing to lose. We just need to go out and play hard, whether we win or lose, as long as the kids play hard that's all I can ask.

``If the scoreboard says we lost the game, and we gave 100 percent, that's all I can ask for.''