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Duke Women Lose To Irish In ACC Tourney By 29

No matter how you cut it, 29 points is a whipping.

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A difficult season appears to be wearing on Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie.
A difficult season appears to be wearing on Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie.
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Beating Notre Dame would have been tough under any circumstances, but beating the Irish with such a banged-up squad? It was never going to happen.

Notre Dame won 83-54.

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Duke got 19 from Azura Stevens who made it a double-double with 10 rebounds. Oderah Chidom added eight points and 11 rebounds.

Notre Dame, now 39-1, is one of the few teams that could challenge almighty UConn.

As for Duke, at a less-than-normal 20-12, there are no guarantees. We'll have to see how the bids turn out.

Here's more from GoDuke.com.