Notes: Duke 70, North Carolina State 39

Blue Devil Postgame Notes * N.C. State * February 11, 2010

With The Duke Victory:

Finished the game with a season-low five points as she played 32 minutes and hit 2-of-9 field goals.
Dished four assists, had two rebounds, two steals and one blocked shot.

Sophomore Shay Selby

Finished the game with 10 points in 16 minutes.
Scored double-figures for the second straight game and the third time this season.
Hit 2-of-4 from downtown on the night. Has nailed four treys the last two games

Senior Joy Cheek

Pulled down 10 rebounds, scored seven points, had three steals and two blocked shots.
Totaled double-digit rebounds for the fourth time this season.
Registered nine or more boards in four out of the last five games.

Finished with 10 points, five rebounds, two steals, two blocks and one assist in 20 minutes.
College double-figure scoring for the 10^th time this season and the second straight game.

Notched her second career double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Posted a career-high 16 points to go along with five rebounds in the first half. Hit 7-of-8 field goals in 15 minutes.
Had a career-high nine field goals made and 13 attempts.
Pulled down a career-high seven offensive rebounds.
Tied a career high with two blocked shots.
Registered double-figure scoring for the second straight game as she made her second consecutive start of the season. Owns nine career double-digit scoring games.
Took her fifth charge of the season and the fifth since the Christmas holiday.
Became the first freshman at Duke to score 20+ points since 2005-06 when Abby Waner registered 23 points against Colorado State on Dec. 22, 2005.

Other Duke Notes:

With Vernerey netting 20 points, the Blue Devils now own six players this year who have netted 20+ points in a game (J.Thomas, K.Thomas, Cheek, Christmas, Mitchell).
Shot over 50.0 percent from the field for the second straight game in the first half (51.7%).
Held NCSU to a season-low 16 points in the first half.
Forced 17 first half turnovers and the Wolfpack finished with 30 for the game.
Held the Wolfpack to a season-low 39 points.
Shot 46.8 percent from the field, which is a season-high against ACC opponents and the highest for Duke since hitting 56.3 percent against Providence on Jan. 3.
Held last two opponents to 51 (UNC) and 39 points, respectively.
Totaled a 42-14 advantage in points in the paint and held a 32-10 lead in bench points.
Had a season-high 28 turnovers in the game.

Duke will next travel to Virginia Tech for a Sunday, Feb. 21 contest at 2:0

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