WBB: Duke 86, Syracuse 53

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Orange en fuego out of the gate. 4-5 from three as Duke is slow to locate shooters. 16-9 at the first media timeout.

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Cuse went from really hot to really cold in the blink of an eye. Duke is showing patience against the Cuse zone, and starting to force turnovers. Duke by four with under eight to go.

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Duke 43-34 at the half. Tricia's stroke has been located; she is 4-5 from three. Duke shooting 58 percent, with 15 assists on 18 made FGs. Only issue is turnovers (13).

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Duke is really rolling in the second half. The lead is 25 with eight to go. Cuse down to 29 percent from the floor.

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Duke wins the second half, 43-19, and wins the game by 33.

Duke made exactly twice as many FG as Cuse, on the same number of attempts. Cuse started 5-7 from three, and went 3-31 from deep the rest of the way (yes, you read that correctly, the Orange jacked up 38 three-balls).

Duke shot 56 percent for the game, with six players in double figures. Double-double for EWill, plus four blocks.

Overall, that might be our best performance of the year. Well done, ladies.

Next up, BC at Cameron at 3:00 p.m. Sunday.

[MCFinARL]

Thanks for the updates.

[Bob Green]

I wish I had seen this performance by Tricia Liston as the Box Score paints a very pretty picture. She scored 20 points, shot 70% from the floor (7-10) and 71.4% on 3-pointers (5-7). Add in eight rebounds, three assists and a steal against only one turnover. She committed zero personal fouls. Wow! That is some performance.

Oh yeah, free throws...she was 100% from the charity stripe (1-1).

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/boxscore?gameId=400508799

Congratulations to Ms. Liston for a fantastic performance.

[roywhite]

I wish I had seen this performance by Tricia Liston as the Box Score paints a very pretty picture. She scored 20 points, shot 70% from the floor (7-10) and 71.4% on 3-pointers (5-7). Add in eight rebounds, three assists and a steal against only one turnover. She committed zero personal fouls. Wow! That is some performance.

Oh yeah, free throws...she was 100% from the charity stripe (1-1).

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/boxscore?gameId=400508799

Congratulations to Ms. Liston for a fantastic performance.

Tricia is a terrific shooter, and her season stats are pretty remarkable, too.

Through 16 games, she is hitting:
55.9% FG
47.8% 3-pt
92.5% FT

and leading the team in scoring at 17.4 pts/game

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Game story from the Post-Standard.

http://blog.syracuse.com/orangewomen/2014/01/syracuse_womens_basketball_duk.html