The FGCU women's basketball team (12-2), which is currently tied with Florida State and South Carolina for the most wins in the nation, will conclude its non-conference slate against one of the most recognizable names in collegiate athletics when the Eagles square off against Duke (7-4) at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
The Green and Blue, who are looking to avenge last year's 57-41 loss to the Blue Devils, are coming off one of the team's best performances of the season with a 93-67 win over Temple on the road. In that game, Davion Wingate registered a career-high 31 points and joined Keri Jewett-Giles (35 points vs LSU) as the first set of FGCU teammates to combine for back-to-back 30-point performances in program history.
Wingate finished 10-for-15 from the field, including 6-for-8 from long distance, while making all five of her foul shots in topping her previous career-high of 29 set earlier this year against UCF.
Jewett-Giles added 20 points against Temple to conclude a week that saw her average 23 points, five assists, 3.7 rebounds and 3.3 rebounds over three games. In doing so, she was selected as the A-SUN player of the week for the fifth time in her career, which ties her with Sarah Hansen for the second-most such awards in program history behind Whitney Knight (7).
Previewing Duke:
The Blue Devils are coming off an 89-46 loss to No. 5 South Carolina on the road Dec. 19. Sophomore Miela Goodchild, who is close to becoming the quickest player in Duke women's basketball history to reach 100 career 3-pointers, led the team with 11 points as the Blue Devils were hurt by a season-high 30 turnovers that led to 41 points for the Gamecocks.
Duke's four losses, aside from South Carolina, have come against Texas A&M (79-58 on Nov. 10), Northwestern (63-42 on Nov. 17) and Nebraska (83-79 on Dec. 4).
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