Duke women got the season off to a successful if somewhat rocky start with a 77-57 win over NC A&T.
Why rocky?
Because Duke racked up 29 fouls. Kennedy Brown fouled out, Shayeann Day-Wilson and Taya Corosdale both had four; Celeste Taylor and Vanessa DeJesus had three each.
Duke also had 14 turnovers but A&T had 19.
Duke shot 30-64 which is about middling but the Aggies shot just 11-51 and 1-20. Fortunately for them, they did capitalize on the fouls, hitting 34-37 from the line.
After the game, Duke coach Kara Lawson was not overly happy: “I thought it was a poor performance by us.