Game 1, 2006: Northeastern
Game 1: Northeastern, Saturday Nov 11
Despite Alison Bales having a horrible shooting night (1-10), Duke still managed to ride roughshod over Northeastern 102-49. Carrem Gay, Abby Waner, and Bridgette Mitchell picking up the slack all had great nights, with Mitchell getting the nod with 18 points and 13 rebounds, 11 on the offensive end.
On defense they held the Huskies to 27% from the field, they blocked 20% of all NU's shots, and caused 36 turnovers (therefore 40% of NU's possessions ended in a turnover: excellent!). Duke also effectively dictated the pace of the game: 90 possessions is extremely fast. (Last year Duke averaged 76 possessions per 40 minutes, still faster than most women's teams.)
On offense Duke shot poorly against such an overmatched team, only managing 44% from the floor. Some of that can be attributed to first-game nerves, and also on Al's part to being knocked in the eye early on in the game. I think that shot made her tentative, and then missing bunnies caused her to tighten up. And free throw shooting was bad at 69% as well.
Rebounding was a bright spot, with the two true freshmen and Al all hitting double figures. Cheek and Bales each had 11 to go with Bridgette's 13. Duke pulled down 60% of the O-boards and 77% on the defensive end, and tallied 30 second-chance points.
I have a list of ten things I look for in a Duke game (the concept was stolen from a UConn fan a long while ago). These are ideal goals, but if Duke can manage even half of them they tend to do very well. This game Duke met seven of the ten:
Despite Alison Bales having a horrible shooting night (1-10), Duke still managed to ride roughshod over Northeastern 102-49. Carrem Gay, Abby Waner, and Bridgette Mitchell picking up the slack all had great nights, with Mitchell getting the nod with 18 points and 13 rebounds, 11 on the offensive end.
On defense they held the Huskies to 27% from the field, they blocked 20% of all NU's shots, and caused 36 turnovers (therefore 40% of NU's possessions ended in a turnover: excellent!). Duke also effectively dictated the pace of the game: 90 possessions is extremely fast. (Last year Duke averaged 76 possessions per 40 minutes, still faster than most women's teams.)
On offense Duke shot poorly against such an overmatched team, only managing 44% from the floor. Some of that can be attributed to first-game nerves, and also on Al's part to being knocked in the eye early on in the game. I think that shot made her tentative, and then missing bunnies caused her to tighten up. And free throw shooting was bad at 69% as well.
Rebounding was a bright spot, with the two true freshmen and Al all hitting double figures. Cheek and Bales each had 11 to go with Bridgette's 13. Duke pulled down 60% of the O-boards and 77% on the defensive end, and tallied 30 second-chance points.
I have a list of ten things I look for in a Duke game (the concept was stolen from a UConn fan a long while ago). These are ideal goals, but if Duke can manage even half of them they tend to do very well. This game Duke met seven of the ten:
| Goal | Actual | |
| Opp. Shooting % | 35% | 27% |
| Individual scorers <15 | 1 | 1 |
| FG % | 50% | 44% |
| FT% | 75% | 69% |
| More FTs | 1 | 14 |
| % of Rebs. | 58% | 68% |
| Duke TOs/Poss | 20% | 21% |
| Opp. TOs/Poss | 25% | 40% |
| Off. Rating | 105 | 113 |
| Def. Rating | 95 | 54.3 |
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