No. 6 Duke beats USC 75-50

Jasmine Thomas scored 14 points to help No. 6 Duke defeat Southern California 75-50 on Monday night for McCallie’s 400th career victory.
“I don’t know if that’s good or bad or what that is,” McCallie said. “I just hope there’s many more.
“I have been blessed with a lot of great people to work with,” she added. “In 19 years of coaching, there have been a lot of great staff members and a lot of great players. It makes it fun.”


DUke vs USC WBB 2010 - Images by Mark Abbott

No. 1 Duke Routs Princeton, 97-60, in Season Opener

Nolan Smith scored 22 points and the Blue Devils forced 27 turnovers in a  season-opening 97-60 rout of the Tigers on Sunday in the first round of  the CBE Classic. Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson had this to say about Duke "I don't know how many teams are going to be able to play with" Duke, Johnson said. "There might be 10 teams in the country that can handle all the things that they throw at you. So, good luck to those guys, because Duke's pretty good."

Here are a few of my Photos from the game




DUKE vs PRINCETON NCAA MBB 2010 - Images by Mark Abbott

DUKE vs BYU WOMENS BASKETBALL

No. 6 Duke Tops BYU, 69-54, in Season Opener at Cameron Indoor stadium Durham NC. Dukes head coach Joanne P. McCallie had this to say after the game. “It was a great, hard-fought battle,” Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “I’m very pleased our team was able to take them out of the rhythm of their game because they’re very, very good. I’m going to project them as the Mountain West winners this year. I liked our team’s fight. Jasmine getting 11 rebounds and nine defensive, that talks to a certain alertness on the floor.
Here is a slide show of more pictures from the game.


DUKE vs BYU NCAA WBB - Images by Mark Abbott

DUKE VS BOSTON COLLEGE NCAA FOOTBALL

Duke comes up short 21-16 as Boston College holds on for the win in front of 21,420 fans at Wallace Wade Stadium.

duke vs Boston college NCAA MFootball - Images by Mark Abbott

DUKE WOMENS BASKETBALL DEFEATS CARSON-NEWMAN

The Duke women's basketball team had seven players score in the double figures as the Blue Devils downed Carson-Newman, 121-65, Sunday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Duke's final exhibition game of year.The Blue Devils controlled the game beginning, pushing their lead to 20-0 in the first seven minutes. The Blue Devils closed out the half with a 30-17 run, taking a 62-29 lead into the locker room at halftime. WORDPRESS BLOG

Favorite Sports Photos

I have put together a slide show of some of my favorite sports shots over the last year. I have had the pleasure of covering some wonderful sports teams in the Durham NC area.

Favorites - Images by Mark Abbott

DUKE MENS BASKETBALL VS Cal Poly Pomona

Duke took a 6point lead into the locker room at halftime against a tough Cal Poly team. A second half scoring frenzy pushed Dukes lead to 31. Dukes head coach Mike Krzyzewski stated during post game press conference-I've told you right from the start, we're going to be a developing team, we're not going to hold anybody scoreless, we are going to be down in games, we are going to look bad, and overall we're going to try to get better." Here are a few photos from the game.

Duke vs Cal-Poly NCAA MBB - Images by Mark Abbott