Duke Edges Louisville in Defensive ACC Struggle
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Interstat) — Toby Fournier scored 15 points and Duke survived a late rally to edge Louisville 59-58 in a women’s basketball game Thursday night at KFC Yum! Center.
The Blue Devils built a 37-27 halftime lead but were held to nine points in the third quarter as the Cardinals chipped away. Louisville took its first lead at 49-48 in the fourth before Duke reclaimed it for good on a Delaney Thomas jump shot with 1:31 remaining. Imari Berry missed a second free throw with one second left that would have tied it for Louisville.
Fournier added three blocks for Duke. Taina Mair scored 13 points and Riley Nelson added 13. Elif Istanbulluoglu and Laura Ziegler led Louisville with 13 and 11 points, respectively.
Duke improved to 17-6. No. 21-4 Louisville saw a six-game win streak snapped. Attendance was 10,553.