FARMVILLE, Va. – Three double figure scorers and a career-high 30 points from Duke redshirt junior guard Rebecca Greenwell led the Blue Devils to a 105-48 win over visiting Longwood Tuesday night inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.
A 10-20 (.500) shooting performance, including five three-point field goals, from Greenwell helped her become Duke's 32nd all-time player to reach 1,000 career points. On a night where she needed 27 points to reach the career milestone, Greenwell bettered her previous career-best 28 points set in the Blue Devils' 2016-17 season-opener at Liberty less than a week ago.
Greenwell was one of three Blue Devils to finish in double figures, as she and Lexie Brown combined for 57 of Duke's 105 points. Brown finished with 27 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the floor while recording a game-high seven assists. Erin Mathias was the third Blue Devil to finish with 10-plus points, finishing with 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting and 24 minutes played.
Greenwell, Brown and Mathias helped Duke (3-0) shoot .488 (39-of-80) from the floor, as Longwood allowed 100-plus points for the first time since last season's season-opener at Oregon State. In addition, the Blue Devil defense stifled the Lancers and forced Longwood into 34 turnovers.
"Duke is a very good offensive team and our defense is still a work in progress," said Longwood head coach Bill Reinson. "Add 34 giveaways to the mix and you get a score like tonight."
All seven Longwood (0-2) players who saw action in the game scored with
Jada Russell finishing with a team-high 11 points to become the first Longwood player since Chelsea Coward to score in double figures in the first two collegiate games of her career.
Freshman
Dayna Rouse finished two points shy of her first career double-double, as the Pittsburgh, Pa., native pulled down 11 boards to go along with eight points, two blocks in 29 minutes of playing time. In addition,
Eboni Gilliam scored eight points and brought down three boards, while
Micaela Ellis added seven points and four assists.
"I think these first two games have been a wake-up call for our freshmen," Reinson said. "We threw them into the fire and I think it will make them better players. Hidden underneath the final score were some very encouraging things."
The game for Longwood marked the first of two contests against teams from Power Five conferences, as the Lancers have faced the second most Power Five programs in the Big South throughout the last three seasons.
"We can build off the positives and I can't wait to return to practice tomorrow," Reinson said.
The game against Duke opened a stretch for the Lancers in which the squad will play three games in a span of five days. The second game of that grueling stretch features a match-up with Fairleigh Dickinson Friday at 7 p.m. That game precedes Longwood's trip to UMass Lowell Sunday, Nov. 20.
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