GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Duke 77, North Carolina State 62
Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. - Celeste Taylor scored 21 points, Elizabeth Balogun had a double-double and No. 11 Duke pulled away from North Carolina State for a 77-62 win
Balogun had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils (24-4, 14-3). Taylor had six rebounds, five assists, two steals and a block.
Jada Boyd scored 19 points for the Wolfpack (18-10, 8-9). Jakia Brown-Turner added 12 points and Saniya Rivers 11.
Duke started a 10-0 run midway through the third quarter to take a 49-36 lead, the first time the difference reached double figures, as N.C. State missed four straight shots.
The Blue Devils led 54-44 entering the fourth quarter and then scored the first seven points, starting with a Reigan Richardson three-point play.
Brown-Turner and Rivers hit 3s as the Wolfpack scored eight straight to get within nine with just under four minutes to go, but Taylor answered with a 3-pointer to end the threat.
The Blue Devils had four 3-pointers in the first half to one for the Wolfpack and that was the difference for Duke's 33-30 lead.
February 23, 2023
| North Carolina State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Boyd | F | 28 | 5-6 | 9-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| C. Hobby | C | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Brown-Turner | G | 35 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| A. James | G | 30 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| M. Hayes | G | 27 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Rivers | 28 | 3-8 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| M. Collins | 21 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| R. Baldwin | 12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Totals | 200 | 23-53 (.434) |
13-15 (.867) |
3-14 (.214) |
4-24 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 62 | |
| Duke | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Brown | F | 27 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Taylor | G | 32 | 8-16 | 2-4 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| E. Balogun | G | 27 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 3-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| S. Day-Wilson | G | 26 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| R. Richardson | G | 26 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Oliver | 17 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| T. Corosdale | 16 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| A. Jackson | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| M. Heide | 10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| V. de Jesus | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 29-66 (.439) |
11-15 (.733) |
8-21 (.381) |
16-43 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 77 | |
Officials: Jeffrey Smith, Meadow Overstreet,
Attendance: 3,139
