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Exciting Weekend Ahead for Blue Devil Hoops
2/3/2018 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke women's basketball program has an exciting weekend ahead as the Blue Devils welcome back over 40 alumnae for reunion weekend, while also honoring the 2006 NCAA Final Four squad as No. 19 Duke host No. 5 Notre Dame Sunday, Feb. 4 at 1 p.m., in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The contest will be aired live on ESPN2.
Blue Devil alumnae spanning from the 1970's to recent graduate's will be in Durham this weekend. For the first time together, all three Duke retired jerseys will be in attendance – Alana Beard, Lindsey Harding and Elisabeth Williams.
At halftime of Sunday's contest against the Irish, the 2006 NCAA Final Four team will be honored. Expected back for the recognition includes Alison Bales, Mistie Bass, Carrem Gay, Lindsey Harding, Keturah Jackson, head coach Gail Goestenkors and assistant coach Gale Valley.
The 2006 squad registered a 31-4 overall record and advanced to the NCAA Final Four, before falling in the NCAA Championship game, 78-75, in overtime. The Blue Devils opened the season winning their first 20 games and posted wins against top-ranked Tennessee, fourth-ranked Maryland, fifth-ranked Louisiana State and eighth-ranked Connecticut along the way. Duke averaged a school-record 86.0 points a contest.
Sunday will also mark Duke's annual melanoma awareness day as the Polka Dot Mama Foundation will be in attendance. The foundation has provided 2,000 form fingers with melanoma awareness facts that will be free for fans. The Polka Dot Mama Foundation will have their “Shade Shuttle” parked in Morton Plaza providing free skin checks for fans (12-1:30 pm).
Many Duke staff will be wearing polka dot attire for the game to show support for the foundation. At a timeout during the game, Duke will present the foundation with a check from its golf tournament in the fall.
Melanoma is a cause close to Blue Devil head coach Joanne P. McCallie as she is a multiple time melanoma survivor and Duke junior Faith Suggs lost her mother to melanoma as well.
Founded in 2015 by three-time melanoma survivor Tracy Callahan, the Polka Dot Mama Melanoma Foundation is a non-profit organization that funds research, raises awareness and educates the community about melanoma. Learn more at polkadotmama.org.
Currently one in five people in the US will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime with melanoma being the deadliest. In 2016, the US Surgeon General declared skin cancer an epidemic in this country, yet it is highly preventable. Melanoma does not discriminate against age, race, gender or skin color.
Tickets are available so head to www.GoDuke.com/tickets or get them on game day and let's pack Cameron Indoor Stadium for this special afternoon.
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