It wasn’t easy, but Duke pulled out a 60-50 road win over Wake Forest Thursday to move to 14-1 and 4-0 in the ACC.
Coach Kara Lawson called it a “gritty win” and you have to do that sometimes. Basketball is a beautiful game when it’s fast and loose, but sometimes you just have to do the basics and grind it out.
Wake Forest won the first period 10-9 but Duke surged in the second quarter, 23-14, to take a 32-24 halftime lead.
Celeste Taylor scored 18 to pace the Devils. Elizabeth Balogun and Reagan Richardson both had 12.