Duke Prevails in Overtime, 72-65, at Georgia

Thursday, November 30

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5 p.m.

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Duke Prevails in Overtime, 72-65, at Georgia

11/30/2023 8:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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ATHENS, Ga. – Duke sophomore Ashlon Jackson scored 18 points and the Blue Devils outscored Georgia 17-10 in overtime to upend the Bulldogs, 72-65, in the inaugural ACC/SEC Women's Basketball Challenge.

The Blue Devils improve to 5-2 overall while Georgia falls to 5-2 on the year. Duke had four double-digit scorers with Reigan Richardson dropping in 15, Jadyn Donovan a career-high 13 and Oluchi Okananwa 12.

Duke shot 47 percent from the field and held the Bulldogs to 35-percent shooting while forcing the Lady Bulldogs into 23 turnovers.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Duke held a 20-14 lead at the end of one – the opening 10 minutes of play capped by Ashlon Jackson's nothing but net triple from the logo just before the buzzer.
After Georgia jumped out to a 10-3 advantage, the Blue Devils closed the quarter on an 11-1 run via a perfect 6-for-6 clip from the field while holding the Lady Bulldogs without a field goal for the final 2:43.
The freshmen trio of Donovan, Okananwa and Delaney Thomas kickstarted the run, Donovan leading the way with six points while Okananwa and Thomas chipped in a bucket apiece.
Senior Kennedy Brown pulled the Blue Devils within a point on a short jumper from the right side before Jackson got herself going offensively, scoring six of the frame's final seven points.
Duke kept the defensive pressure on in the second quarter as they held Georgia to just 2-for-13 shooting (15.4 percent) from the field and without a field goal across the final 6:23.
Offensively, the Blue Devils were paced in the second stanza by Donovan (5) and Jackson (4). The pair concluded the first half in double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Georgia managed to cut its deficit to four (36-32) early in the third following an 8-2 spurt to open the second half.
Okananwa countered with six straight points, draining back-to-back triples from the far-left corner to push Duke's lead back to 10, 42-32, and force the home team to take a timeout.
The Bulldogs responded with 11 of the final 15 points to pull within 46-43 at the end of the third.
The fourth quarter started off back-and-forth until Georgia surged ahead by four with 6:16 left to play.
Duke pulled within a pair, 55-53, at the 2:44 mark after getting buckets from Donovan and Richardson along with a free throw from Brown.
Shortly afterwards, Richardson converted a perfect trip at the charity stripe to level the score at 55 with 42 seconds left in regulation.
After Georgia took a 57-55 lead to start overtime, Jackson answered with a three-pointer to give the Blue Devils the lead for good. Duke continued to pull away, stretching the lead to seven with a free throw by Taina Mair. Jackson clinched the victory with three free throws down the stretch.

GAME NOTES

Sophomore Ashlon Jackson scored 18 points and the Blue Devils outscored Georgia 17-10 in overtime to upend the Bulldogs, 72-65, in the inaugural ACC/SEC Women's Basketball Challenge.
Duke had four double-digit scorers on the night with Reigan Richardson dropping in 15, Jadyn Donovan a career-high 13 and Oluchi Okananwa 12.
With the win, Duke improves to 5-2 overall and moves to 5-0 all-time against Georgia.
The Blue Devils are now 2-1 this season in true road games and see their overtime record draw even at .500 (1-1) following the win over the Lady Bulldogs. Duke moves to 21-16 all-time in games featuring at least one overtime period.
For the third consecutive game, the Blue Devils had at least three players finish in double figures.
On the offensive end, Duke shot 47 percent (25-for-53) from the field, 41 percent (7-for-17) from deep and 65 percent (15-for-23) at the charity stripe. Duke hit nine of its free throws down the stretch to secure the win.
The Blue Devils assisted on 76 percent of their made buckets with 19 dimes on 25 buckets.
Defensively, Duke held Georgia to 35-percent shooting (22-for-63) for the game, tallied six blocks and forced 23 Lady Bulldog turnovers -- netting 20 points off those miscues.
In the second quarter, Duke held Georgia to just 2-for-13 shooting (15.4 percent) from the field and without a field goal across the final 6:23.
The Blue Devils won the superlative battle in bench points (17-15), points in the paint (28-24) and in transition (19-5)

UP NEXT
Duke returns to Cameron for five of its next six games, beginning with a Sunday afternoon test against No. 1 South Carolina on Dec. 3 at 1 p.m., live on ABC. The game will be featured as part of the Jimmy V Women's Classic.

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