Florida State ended Duke’s ACC Women’s Tournament run 51-41 Thursday night.
Duke did lots of things well against the favored Seminoles. But a dismal shooting night, combined with poor defensive rebounding negated all the good things.
The loss ends Duke’s season at 15-15, while the 23-7 Seminoles move on to play NC State in tomorrow’s quarterfinals.
Joanne P. McCallie called it a “blue-collar game” and Duke was out-blue-collared. FSU out-rebounded Duke 42-28 and shut down everybody for Duke not named Haley Gorecki or Leaonna Odom. Duke’s two best players combined for 30 points but everyone else shot 5-for-28.