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#12 Duke Women Look To Rebound From Their Loss At Florida State As They Host Tobacco Road Rival North Carolina

Who would have thought that Duke Women's Basketball would have only two losses when the  first meeting between two teams that are eight miles apart came around in 2017 ? 

The 12th ranked Duke Women 14-2 2-1 in the league are coming off a 69-45 loss on the road at Florida State  where Kyra Lambert set the tone early but a terrible shooting night doomed Duke as Florida State took an early 6-2 lead and at the end of the 1st quarter Florida State was up 14-9. while both teams struggled with first half turnovers."according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22760&SPID=1846&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=211400400

Kyra  Lambert scored 12 points while junior Rebecca Greenwell along with sophomore Crystal Primm and freshman Leaonna Odom collected six rebounds. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22760&SPID=1846&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=211400400

North Carolina meanwhile who has a record of 12-4  1-3 in the league  is coming off their first league win over Virginia by a score of 67-58. "according to  http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=211400390

North Carolina sophomore Paris Kea was one point shy of a triple double Thursday while having 9 points 9 rebounds , 10 assists to go along with 10 rebounds. North Carolina also received scoring from Stephanie Watts who had 15 points and 10 rebounds while Destinne had 17 points while Taylor Koenen contributed 11. "according to http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=211400390

Tip-off is set for 7pm from Cameron. The game will be televised on ACC Network Extra  "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22760&SPID=1846&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=211400400