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Monday, February 6
Blacksburg, Va.
7 p.m.
Duke University
73
at
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Virginia Tech
Duke Downs Virginia Tech, 73-62, After Week Off
2/6/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Monique Currie scored 21 points and No. 2 Duke used a 19-3 run late in the first half to take control as it defeated Virginia Tech 73-62 Monday night here at Cassell Coliseum. Mistie Williams scored 13 of her 16 points in the second half and Chante Black added 10 points for Duke, which improved to 21-1 and 8-1 in the ACC.
Duke scored the game's first seven points as Currie hit a three-pointer and a lay-up in the first three minutes of the contest. After two free throws from Chante Black at the 16:31 mark, Duke wouldn't score again for nearly six minutes as Virginia Tech clawed its way back in and take an 11-9 lead.
The game would play even for the next few minutes with ties at nine, 11 and 15 before Tech took a 19-18 lead at the 8:20 mark of the first half. Duke then woke up and went on a 19-3 run over the next seven minutes as Duke eventually took a 39-25 lead into the lockerroom at halftime.
The two teams played relatively even the first part of the second half before a 10-0 Tech run cut Duke's lead to 50-43 eight minutes in. Duke responded with a 7-0 run of its own to push the lead back to 14 at 57-43 and Duke looked in good shape with four minutes remaining as the Blue Devils led 68-48 at the final media timeout.
Tech would not go away, however, as a 9-0 run in under two minutes cut Duke's lead to 68-57 before Currie and Williams would put an end to the upset bid and give Duke a 73-62 victory.
Lindsey Harding scored seven points and dished out eight assists for Duke while Jessica Foley added eight points off the bench for the Blue Devils. Carrie Mason led the way for the Hokies with 18 points and four steals.
Duke returns home as the Virginia Cavaliers visit Cameron Indoor Stadium Friday at 7 p.m. on a regionally televised game. Duke will then face Maryland in exactly a week as a probably match-up of two of the nation's top 10 teams.
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