GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Duke 53, Pittsburgh 44
Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. - Shayeann Day-Wilson and Celeste Taylor each scored 13 points and No. 16 Duke beat Pittsburgh 53-44.
Taylor scored nine of her points in the fourth quarter to help Duke pull away. Pittsburgh was within 35-32 with 1:47 left in the third quarter. But the Panthers missed their next 11 field goals attempts before a make with 3:26 remaining in the game.
Vanessa de Jesus finished an alley-oop layup, off an assist by Taylor, to give Duke a 49-40 lead with 2:10 left.
Both teams shot below 39% from the field but Duke held a 45-28 advantage on the glass.
Elizabeth Balogun added nine points and Kennedy Brown grabbed nine rebounds for Duke (19-3, 9-2 ACC), which plays at No. 9 Notre Dame on Sunday.
Emy Hayford, averaging 1.8 points per game, scored 12 points for Pittsburgh (7-15, 0-11). Amber Brown and Liatu King, Pittsburgh's two players averaging double figures, were held to a combined nine points.
February 2, 2023
| Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Brown | F | 26 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| G. Hutcherson | F | 26 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| M. Johnson | F | 26 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 5-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| E. Hayford | G | 26 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| M. Washenitz | G | 15 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Harris | 18 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| L. King | 14 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| C. Lewis | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| T. Exanor | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| A. Strickland | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| A. Malcolm | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D. Strother | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Clesca | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 17-55 (.309) |
4-7 (.571) |
6-18 (.333) |
7-28 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 44 | |
| Duke | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Brown | F | 25 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| C. Taylor | G | 34 | 4-12 | 4-10 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| S. Day-Wilson | G | 29 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 4-8 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| E. Balogun | G | 21 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| R. Richardson | G | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| V. de Jesus | 23 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| T. Corosdale | 19 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| M. Heide | 15 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| J. Oliver | 10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| A. Jackson | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 20-53 (.377) |
6-14 (.429) |
7-21 (.333) |
13-45 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 53 | |
Officials: Bryan Brunette, Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Jules Gallien
Attendance: 1,741
