GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Duke 66, Clemson 56
Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. - Celeste Taylor scored 19 points and No. 16 Duke beat Clemson 66-56 for its 10th straight win.
Duke pulled away on a 16-6 run between the third and fourth quarters and led 58-44 with 5:09 to play. Elizabeth Balogun made a pair of 3-pointers and Taylor scored four points during the stretch.
Taylor was 6 of 14 from the floor and made three 3-pointers. Shayeann Day-Wilson added 12 points and Vanessa de Jesus 11 for Duke (15-1, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which has won 10 of the last 11 in the series. Balogun finished with eight points.
The Blue Devils scored 11 points from 20 turnovers, was 9 of 24 from long range and shot 15 of 22 from the line.
Amari Robinson scored 10 of her 16 points in the second half to lead Clemson (11-7, 2-4). Ruby Whitehorn had added 12 points, and Hannah Hank had eight points to go with 11 rebounds before fouling out with 1:36 remaining.
Duke jumped out to a 17-9 first-quarter lead, never trailed and led 29-26 at the break. A 7-2 surge from Clemson knotted it at 26-all for the game's only tie.
January 12, 2023
| Clemson | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Robinson | F | 30 | 5-9 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| H. Hank | C | 29 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 3-11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| D. Bradford | G | 33 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| R. Whitehorn | G | 30 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| B. Perpignan | G | 29 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| E. Inyang | 17 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| A. Douglas | 16 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| M. Ott | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Elmore | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| K. Gaines | 3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 20-47 (.426) |
13-17 (.765) |
3-10 (.300) |
11-33 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 56 | |
| Duke | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Brown | F | 21 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| R. Richardson | G | 28 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| C. Taylor | G | 27 | 6-14 | 4-4 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| E. Balogun | G | 24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| S. Day-Wilson | G | 24 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Oliver | 20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| M. Heide | 19 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| V. de Jesus | 18 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| A. Jackson | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| T. Corosdale | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 21-58 (.362) |
15-22 (.682) |
9-24 (.375) |
17-33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 66 | |
Officials: Bruce Morris, Talisa Green,
Attendance: 2,134