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WBB Duke vs. Georgia Game Notes
3/19/2018 9:33:00 PM | Women's Basketball
#20/18 Duke at #18/17 Georgia
NCAA Tournament Second Round
Postgame Notes
March 19, 2018
With the Duke Victory
- Advanced to the NCAA Regional for the 17th time in school history
- Improved to 24-8 overall on the season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
- Will next face No. 1 seed UConn on Saturday, March 24 in the NCAA Albany Regional
- Improved to 3-4 against No. 4 seeds
- Is now 58-23 all-time in the NCAA Tournament
- Coach P moved to 31-20 in the NCAA Tournament
- Is now 5-4 this season against ranked opponents
- Moved to 8-7 away from home on the year
- Is now 4-0 all-time against Georgia
- Improved to 7-3 in the NCAA second round under Coach P
- Owns a record of 17-7 in NCAA second round in all appearances
- Totaled a record of 40-23 against the SEC
- Coach P moved to 22-22 against the SEC
Fifth-Year Senior Lexie Brown
- Swiped seven steals on the night to break Alana Beard single season steals school record of 114. Brown now owns 115 over her career
- Totaled 14 points, seven steals, six assists and three rebounds in 38 minutes
- Notched nine points on 3-of-4 shooting in the second quarter
- With her 14 points, moved into fifth place on Duke's single season scoring list with 631
- The seven steals was tied for the second-most in a NCAA Tournament game for Duke
Fifth-Year Senior Rebecca Greenwell
- Had 11 points and pulled own a team-high nine rebounds
- Needs one three-pointer to reach 300 over her career and move into a tie for fifth on the ACC career list (299)
- With her 19 career three-pointers made in NCAA play, is tied fifth all-time in Duke's NCAA history
- Started her 122nd career contest, which is fifth all-time at Duke
- Notched double-digit scoring for the 100th time in her Blue Devil career
- Played 31 minutes moving her into second all-time on Duke's career charts with 4,188 minutes. She passed Elizabeth Williams (4,162)
Senior Erin Mathias
- Totaled double-digit scoring in three straight games, which tied a season high
- Had 14 points, eight rebounds and one blocked shot
- Pulled own six rebounds and scored four points in the second quarter
Junior Faith Suggs
- Had six points, four rebounds and two steals in 26 minutes.
- Hit her sixth three-pointer of the season in the first quarter
- Made her sixth start of the season and seventh of her career. It was the second of her career in the NCAA Tournament
Sophomore Leaonna Odom
- Had 16 points and seven rebounds
- Scored 41 points in two games in Athens
Other Duke Notes
- Four of five starters score double-digits
- Allowed only 40 points to Georgia, which is the fewest allowed in the NCAA second round over Duke's history
- Held Georgia to only 23.5 percent shooting for the game
- Outrebounded Georgia 43-39
- Hit 50.0 percent from the field for the game
- Held Georgia to a season-low two second quarter points on 1-of-19 field goals (5.3%)
- Held Georgia to only 14 first half points and 18.2 percent shooting. The 14 points was a season low with the previous low of 19 coming vs. Tennessee (Feb. 11)
- The two points is a season low allowed for Duke with the previous being four points in the second quarter against NC State in the ACC Tournament
- Duke outscored Georgia 20-2 in the second quarter, hitting 7-of-11 field goals and 2-of-2 treys
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