Blue Devils end skid at 22
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Duke snapped the longest losing streak in the country at 22 games, beating Northwestern, 20-14, last night in Evanston, Ill.
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Alison Bales had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke pulled away late to beat No. 4 North Carolina 67-62 and finish the first unbeaten regular season in Atlantic Coast Conference history.
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Jon Scheyer scored 21 points and No. 7 Duke made eight straight free throws in the final 1 minute 34 seconds to defeat host Florida State, 70-57.
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Abby Waner scores 19 points and ties an Atlantic Coast Conference record with 10 steals in the 14th-ranked Blue Devils' 95-61 rout of Utah Valley on Tuesday night.
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James Gist had 16 points and 10 rebounds, freshman Greivis Vasquez scored a season-high 18, and Maryland handed No. 16 Duke its fourth straight loss 72-60 Sunday, the Blue Devils' longest skid in 11 seasons.
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Nik Caner-Medley had 25 points before leaving with an ankle injury, and his Maryland teammates finished off the Blue Devils at the free-throw line.
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Duke's Top 25 streak is over. Saddled by its first four-game losing skid in 11 years, Duke fell out of The Associated Press poll Monday for the first time since the end of the 1995-96 season. The Blue Devils had been in the media poll for 200 straight weeks -- the second longest streak behind UCLA.
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Abby Waner scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Duke to its 22nd straight victory, 75-65 over Virginia Tech last night in Durham, N.C.
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The Duke lacrosse team has taken its season of redemption to the brink of a championship. The top-seeded Blue Devils blew a seven-goal lead, then got the winner from Zack Greer with 3 seconds left to beat previously unbeaten Cornell 12-11 Saturday and advance to the NCAA Division I title game.
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AMHERST - After pausing for a week of final exams, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen submitted to an eminently manageable test last night in the form of the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils. They wound up passing with flying colors, if not quite acing it, coming away with a 79-55 victory.
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Monique Currie scored 14 points to lift No. 3 Duke past No. 24 Florida State 75-64 on Sunday.
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Unbeaten Duke showed the Miami Hurricanes that the Atlantic Coast Conference is not so easy after all. Junior Shelden Williams scored a career-high 30 points and the No. 4 Blue Devils shot 61 percent to win 92-83 Wednesday night, ending a surprising run by ACC newcomer Miami.
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Sprawled on the court that bears his nickname, Mike Krzyzewski thought first about his wife and his three daughters. But not so much about their worry or concern about his fall. Rather, he prepared himself for the endless teasing he knew he would receive. Coach K bounced up quickly after a dizzy spell sent him to the floor in the first half, and the fourth-ranked Blue Devils went on to beat No. 25 Georgia Tech 82-65 Saturday.
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Josh McRoberts and Jon Scheyer had 14 points apiece and No. 9 Duke bounced back from its first loss by routing Davidson 75-47 on Saturday night.
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Josh McRoberts scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help Duke avoid its first five-game losing streak ever in coach Mike Krzyzewski's 27-year tenure, beating No. 21 Boston College 78-70 on Wednesday night.
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Duke relied on its big three to rally from a terrible first half and the seventh-ranked Blue Devils beat Oklahoma 78-67 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.
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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski collapsed during a timeout in the first half of Saturday's game against No. 25 Georgia Tech, spending about a minute on the floor before returning to the huddle.