Clearly, this Duke team has found some major chemistry
As Kara Lawson’s Blue Devils cranked up the turnover machine again against SMU in a 59 point win, we’d like to propose an aspirational new stat which Duke got pretty close to. Let’s call it the turnover/rebound inversion: Duke forced 25 turnovers to just 29 rebound by the Mustangs. It’s absolutely crazy to think that a team can possibly force more turnovers than rebounds the opponent gets. Yet Duke was right there in this big win.
And by the way, this was Duke’s 13th ACC win in a row and the 15th overall as the remarkable win streak continues.
Ariana Roberson came off the bench to score 22 points, grab 16 rebounds, pass out 2 assists and also 3 steals and 2 blocks: an amazing game.
Toby Fournier racked up 26 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks and Taina Mair was a defensive demon with 6 steals.
SMU shot just 21% on threes and 23% overall.
We’re a long way from full parity on the women’s side but since Duke is on the right side of that, no complaints here.
Next game will see the Tar Heels in Cameron this coming Sunday for a chance to push the streaks to 14 and 16 respectively.
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- Duke’s Toby Fournier Highlights vs. SMU
- Box Score
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