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Women's Basketball Opens Up Canadian Tour With 91-36 Victory Over A-Game
Aug. 18, 2012
TORONTO - The Duquesne women's basketball team opened its Canadian Tour with a 91-36 victory over A-Game on Saturday afternoon at George Brown College in downtown Toronto. Five Dukes scored in double-figures led by Wumi Agunbiade with 15 points. Orsi Szecsi, Raegan Moore and April Robinson each scored 13 and Oditte Odisho added 10 for DU. Trailing 8-7 early in the first half, Robinson's 3-pointer at 12:43 started a 10-0 run to give Duquesne a 17-8 lead. The Dukes defense would step up as well, holding A-Game to just two field goals until halftime. Jocelyn Floyd's running layup as time expired in the first half capped a 31-5 run and gave DU a 38-13 lead going into halftime. Duquesne came out on fire in the second half as Moore buried a pair of 3-pointers. The Dukes held A-Game scoreless until the 15:44 mark of the second half. By then, DU led 53-16. Jose-Ann Johnson's layup gave Duquesne a 40-point lead at 60-20 with 12:40 left in regulation. Moore's follow-up off a Belma Nurkic miss put the Dukes up by 50 points with 1:23 remaining. The next game for DU will be tomorrow afternoon when they take on the All-Stars. The contest will be played at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario. The third and final game is on Tuesday night at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario GAME NOTES
Duquesne vs. A-Game
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