#1/1 Connecticut (17-0, 5-0 BIG EAST) at #7/7 Duke (15-2, 3-0 ACC)
Monday, Jan. 18, 2010  at 7:00 PM in Cameron Indoor Stadium

Media Information
Tip-off: 7:03 PM
TV:  ESPN2 - Bob Wischusen (PXP), Carolyn Peck (Color), Rebecca Lobo (Sideline)
Online TV:  ESPN360.com
Radio:  Duke ISP Network - 620 The Buzz with Steve Barnes (PBP), Morgan Patrick (Color)
Online Radio:  Available on www.GoDuke.com
Twitter: DukeWBBSID & CoachPDuke
Facebook:  Official Duke Women's Basketball Group
Rankings:  Duke (No. 7 - AP, No. 7 - ESPN/USA Today); Connecticut (No. 1 in both polls)
Series:  Connecticut leads 4-3
Head Coaches:  Duke:  Joanne P. McCallie (382-166, 18th Season)
         Connecticut:  Geno Auriemma (713-122, 25th Season)

Big Monday Showdown;  No. 7 Duke Hosts No. 1 Connecticut on ESPN2 at 7:00 PM...
 Cameron Indoor Stadium will host an ESPN2 Big Monday showdown on Monday, Jan. 18 as seventh-ranked Duke (15-2) will host top-ranked and undefeated Connecticut (17-0) at 7:00 p.m.  The Blue Devils will look to continue their home court dominance as Duke owns a 23-game winning streak in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

 The contest will be aired live on ESPN2 with Bob Wischusen (PXP), Carolyn Peck (Color) and Rebecca Lobo (Sideline) as the commentators.  Fans also can hear the Blue Devils on the Duke ISP Radio Network on WDNC AM 620 with Steve Barnes (PXP) and Morgan Patrick (Color) calling the action.
 Duke is currently ranked No. 7 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Division I Coaches Polls, while Connecticut is No. 1 in both polls.

Noting Duke...
 During the first 11 games of the year, Duke only took three charges, but over the last six the players have taken five (Shay Selby took two) ... the Blue Devils are the only team in the ACC to have beaten a ranked non-conference opponent this season (No. 3 Ohio State and No. 25 James Madison) ... senior Joy Cheek is closing in on 1,000 career points as she now owns 972 for her career ... Krystal Thomas has become the eighth player in Duke history with 100  or more blocked shots ... the Blue Devils hold a 636-268 points in the paint advantage on the year ... the Blue Devils have been listed in the top 25 of the AP poll for 197 straight weeks, which is the longest current streak in the ACC (ACC) and third nationally.

A Look At Connecticut...
 Connecticut enters Monday's contest with a 17-0 overall and 5-0 BIG EAST record, while holding a 56-game winning streak.
 The Huskies are led by Tina Charles (18.2 points, 8.9 rebounds), Maya Moore (18.2 points, 7.4 rebounds), Kalana Greene (12.0 points, 4.6 rebounds) and Tiffany Hayes (10.1 points, 3.5 rebounds).

 Connecticut has already played three ACC teams  this season -- Clemson (W, 87-48), Florida State (W, 78-59) and North Carolina (W, 88-47).  The Huskies will play only their fifth road contest of the season as they are 12-0 this year at home.
 
The Series With Connecticut...
 The Huskies and Blue Devils have faced each other only seven times in school history with the series in Connecticut's favor, 4-3. 
 Duke had won two straight contests against Connecticut before falling, 74-48, in the Paradise Jam on Nov. 25, 2007, which came during Coach P's first season with the Blue Devils.

 The series will move back to Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., for the first time since Feb. 1, 2003 when the No. 2 Huskies downed No. 1 Duke, 77-65, which was Duke's first sellout crowd in school history.  Connecticut has won both contests in Durham as it also notched an 81-69 win on Jan. 11, 1980.

 Over the course of the series, the higher ranked team has won only three of the seven contests.  The home team has also never won a game in the series.
 
Duke Versus The BIG EAST...
 The Blue Devils own a 31-16 record against teams from the BIG EAST-- Cincinnati (0-1), Connecticut (3-4), DePaul (1-1), Georgetown (4-0), Louisville (1-1), Marquette (2-0), Notre Dame (1-4), Pittsburgh (1-0), Providence (3-1), Rutgers (3-2), St. John's (1-0), Seton Hall (4-2), South Florida (2-0), Syracuse (1-0), Villanova (1-0) and West Virginia (2-0). Duke is riding a five-game winning streak against the BIG EAST.

Storylines/Other Blue Devil Notes...

• Duke will go up against its eighth undefeated team going into the contest with the Blue Devils this season -- Connecticut (17-0), Ohio State (8-0), James Madison (7-0), Stanford (7-0), Western Kentucky (3-0), Georgia Southern (1-0), Houston Baptist (0-0) and Texas A&M (0-0).

• Duke's Jasmine Thomas and Krystal Thomas along with Connecticut's Maya Moore led the USA Basketball 2007 U19 World Championship team to a 9-0 record and the gold medal in Bratislava, Slovakia.

• Shay Selby, a sophomore at Duke, and Kelly Faris, a freshman at Connecticut, played on the same team at the USA Basketball Developmental Festival in 2007. The Blue Team posted a 2-3 overall record.

• Duke senior Joy Cheek and UConn senior Tina Charles both played on the Red Team during the USA Basketball Developmental Festival in 2005 with the team notching a 3-2 record. Cheek and Charles are best friends.

• Both Duke's Bridgette Mitchell and Connecticut's Kaili McLauren led the Blue Team to an undefeated record during the 2005 USA Basketball Developmental Festival.

• Two of the top six rebounding teams in the nation will hit the court on Monday night -- Duke ranks sixth with a 12.2 rebound margin, while UConn is third (13.5).

• Duke has registered 35 wins out of its last 36 games at home against non-conference foes. Over the last eight years, the Blue Devils have posted a 62-4 overall record against non-conference opponents in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The losses came against Tennessee (2), Connecticut and South Carolina.

• In three years at Duke, Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie has notched four victories against top-five ranked teams -- #3/3 Ohio State in 2009-10, #3/4 Stanford in 2008-09, while knocking off #4/3 Rutgers and #5/4 Maryland in 2007-08.

• Duke Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie has faced Connecticut four times over her 18 years as a head coach. Her Michigan State squad defeated the Huskies, 67-51, on Dec. 29, 2004, while her Maine squads fell 98-70 in 1998 and 105-75 in 1995. In her first season at Duke in 2007, the Blue Devils fell, 74-48.

• Coach P posted her 200th career home victory on Jan. 10 against Wake Forest in her 18-year stint as a head coach at Maine, Michigan State and Duke. She currently owns a 200-48 mark.

• Over the last six games, Jasmine Thomas is averaging 14.8 points, 4.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 2.3 steals. She has hit 45.8 percent from downtown. In the last game at Miami, Thomas scored 15 of her 16 points in the second half.

• Junior Karima Christmas has registered 45 steals so far on the season, which is a new single season career high.

• The Blue Devils have hit 33 three-pointers over the last six games. Duke didn't hit 23 treys until six games into the season.

• Duke is currently ranked No. 5 in the latest RPI by Jeff Sagarin -- Connecticut (103.80), Stanford (101.36), Tennessee (98.73), Nebraska (97.19) and Duke (95.93). The next closest ACC school is Florida State at No. 18 (87.12).

• Junior Jasmine Thomas has hit 31 three-pointers in only 17 games this season. As a freshman, she hit 24 in 35 games and as a sophomore she hit 28 in 30 games.

• Junior Krystal Thomas has moved into eighth place on Duke's all-time blocked shots list with 103. She is 27 blocked shots shy of seventh place all-time on the Blue Devil charts.

• Since Duke went to the smaller lineup, freshman center Allison Vernerey's minutes have dropped. Over the last five games, she is averaging only 4.0 points and 4.4 rebounds in only 13.8 minutes.

• The Coach P Radio Show will next take place on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 6:00 p.m. The show will be stationed at Satisfaction Restaurant in Durham at Brightleaf Square. Make sure you get there early to secure a seat.

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What Happened Last Time We Met...
 Eight-ranked Duke fell, 74-48, to second-ranked Connecticut on Nov. 25, 2007 in the championship of the 2007 Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, USVI. Chante Black led the Blue Devils with 16 points and was named to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament team.

 Tina Charles had 13 points and eight rebounds and the Huskies took control in the opening minutes.  Connecticut led 40-24 at halftime and put the Blue Devils away in the second half with 11-for-22 shooting.  Both teams ran the floor aggressively, but the Huskies outrebounded the Blue Devils 35-28 and shot 53 percent from the floor while holding Duke to 36 percent.

 Carrem Gay added six points for the Blue Devils, while junior Abby Waner made her return after missing four games, but was held scoreless.  It was the first meeting between the teams since the 2006 NCAA tournament, when Duke beat Connecticut in overtime for a spot in the Final Four. 
 The Huskies jumped out to a 13-4 lead by scoring 13 unanswered points, including two long three-pointers from the same spot by Renee Montgomery. Charde Houston scored on an alley-oop from Moore to put Connecticut ahead 28-12 with eight minutes to play in the first half.

 The teams traded baskets for the first part of the second half before Connecticut pulled away.  Eleven players scored for Connecticut, which got 29 points from their bench. The Huskies outscored the Blue Devils 27-17 on second-chance points and went 20-for-25 from the free throw line to keep their big lead down the stretch.

Duke Versus No. 1 Ranked Teams...
 Over Duke's history, the Blue Devils own an all-time record of 3-5 against No. 1 ranked teams, but has won three in a row against Connecticut (2004), Tennessee (2006) and Maryland (2007).

 In games played in Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke owns a 2-2 overall record against No. 1 ranked teams.  The Blue Devils have won the past two in a row -- No. 1 Tennessee in 2005-06 and No. 1 Maryland in 2006-07.

 Duke has won five out of the last eight games against teams ranked in the top five nationally in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

 During her seven years as the head coach at Michigan State, Coach P went up against three No. 1 ranked teams and notched a 1-2 record against those squads - loss vs. Maryland in 2007, loss vs. Tennessee in 2005 and win vs. Stanford in 2005.  She has yet to face  a No. 1 ranked team at Duke.

Streaking Connecticut...
 The last time Duke and Connecticut played each other at a home site was on Jan. 3, 2004 in the Hartford Civic Center.  The Huskies had a 76-game regular season and 69-game home court winning streak, but the Blue Devils made an incredible comeback in the second half to defeat No. 1 Connecticut, 68-67.  Jessica Foley hit a three-pointer as time expired to guide Duke to the victory.  The Blue Devils had seven future professional players on the squad.

At Home in Cameron Indoor Stadium...
 Duke is riding a 23-game home court winning streak dating back the last three years.   During that streak, the Blue Devils have knocked off six ranked opponents -- #3/3 Ohio State, #3/4 Stanford, #9/10 North Carolina, #12/15 Maryland, #14/15 Oklahoma State and #24/25 James Madison.

 The undefeated season in 2008-09 at home marked only the second unblemished Cameron Indoor Stadium record in school history (2006-07).  In three years at Duke, Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie has notched a 31-3 record in Cameron.

 In Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke has won 32 out of the last 35 contests, 46 out of the last 49 and 127 out of the last 136 games since 2000-01.  The Blue Devils have registered four win streaks of 15 or more since 2003.  The 23-game winning streak ranks fifth nationally.

Looking for a Sellout...
 If the Duke/Connecticut game on Monday becomes a sellout, it will mark the 13th sellout in school history and the second against the Huskies.  The first sellout crowd in school history was on Feb. 1, 2003 as No. 1 Duke fell, 77-65, to No. 2 Connecticut.

 The Blue Devils' previous high in attendance this season was 5,237 against third-ranked Ohio State.