DURHAM (Interstat) — In a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game, Duke defeated visiting Green Bay 76-60 on Tuesday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils improved to 1-0, and the Phoenix dropped to 0-1. A crowd of 2,838 attended the game. Duke used a decisive third-quarter run and a balanced scoring effort to secure the win.

Green Bay’s Maddy Skorupski led the Phoenix with 16 points, six rebounds, three assists and one block in 38 minutes. Kristina Ouimette added 14 points, four rebounds and one assist in 33 minutes, while Elisa Mevius finished with five points, eight rebounds and four assists. Skorupski made a layup and a floating jump shot in the first quarter, and Ouimette hit a 3-pointer early and another just before the first-quarter buzzer to give Green Bay an 18-16 lead. Green Bay shot 19 of 58 from the floor, 7 of 23 from three-point range and 15 of 18 from the free-throw line. The Phoenix had eight offensive rebounds, nine assists and 14 turnovers while scoring 60 points from 73 possessions for an offensive rating of 82.7.

Duke’s Arianna Roberson delivered 15 points, five rebounds, one assist and four blocks in 22 minutes. Aaliyah Crump had 11 points, five rebounds, six assists and one block in 34 minutes, and Riley Nelson scored 15 points with three rebounds in 27 minutes. Emilee Skinner added eight points, six rebounds, five assists and one block in 22 minutes, while Delaney Thomas had 10 points and seven rebounds in 25 minutes. Autumn Fleary contributed nine points, three rebounds and three assists, and Jordan Wood added five points, three rebounds, one assist and one block. Duke shot 29 of 64 from the floor, 7 of 23 from beyond the arc and 11 of 14 from the free-throw line. The Blue Devils had 12 offensive rebounds, 10 assists, eight blocks and 17 turnovers, scoring 76 points from 76 possessions for an offensive rating of 100.5.

Green Bay took an 18-16 lead after the first quarter, but Duke moved ahead in the second. Roberson’s 3-pointer early in the second pulled Duke within one, and Green Bay answered with Meghan Schultz’s layups and Maren Westin’s 3-pointer to take a 25-19 lead. Duke responded with Skinner’s jumper, Crump’s pull-up jumper, Nelson’s free throws and Nelson’s 3-pointer. Nelson’s 3-pointer at 5:01 of the second gave Duke a 28-25 lead. Green Bay’s Schultz made a layup and Mckenna Johnson made a driving layup to push the Phoenix ahead 29-28, but Nelson made two free throws, Skorupski made a layup and Crump hit a 3-pointer with 1:04 left in the half to give Duke a 33-31 halftime lead.

The decisive portion came in the third quarter, when Duke turned its 33-31 halftime lead into a 60-49 advantage by the end of the period. Duke opened the third with Skinner’s layup and soon got baskets from Crump and Thomas. Nelson made free throws and a layup, Fleary connected on two 3-pointers, and Wood added a layup and a free throw as the Blue Devils pushed their lead to 60-44 with 1:36 remaining in the quarter. Ouimette beat the third-quarter buzzer with a 3-pointer to pull Green Bay within 11 entering the fourth.

Green Bay tried to rally in the fourth. Jorey Buwalda made a driving layup and Skorupski scored on a driving layup to cut the deficit to 60-53. Roberson answered with a 3-pointer, Thomas made a driving layup and Skinner hit a jumper to push Duke’s lead back to 67-53. Johnson made a 3-pointer and Ouimette converted a layup as Green Bay moved within 67-58. Roberson then completed a three-point play, Skorupski made two free throws, and Duke closed the game with Fleary’s free throw, Bella Flemings’ fast-break 3-pointer and Crump’s layup.

Roberson’s fourth-quarter three-point play and Duke’s late close helped secure the win after Green Bay had reduced the margin to nine. The Blue Devils also received important minutes from Fleary, who scored nine points with three rebounds and three assists, and from Wood, who had five points and three rebounds. Green Bay’s Mevius grabbed eight rebounds and handed out four assists, while Ouimette supplied perimeter scoring with three 3-pointers. Duke recorded eight blocks and forced 17 Green Bay turnovers, while the Phoenix committed 14 turnovers.

The Interstat game simulator had projected a final score of Duke 66, Green Bay 60. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Duke with a 97.9 percent probability to win. Duke had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -28. The total score of 136 went under the over/under line of 130.5.