2019–20 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Joanne P. McCallie in her 13th season. The team played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019–20 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. RV
AP	No. RV
Record	18–12 (12–6 ACC)
Head coach	Joanne P. McCallie (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Sam Miller Jim Corrigan Wanisha Smith
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Louisville	16	–	2		.889			28	–	4		.875
No. 8 NC State†	14	–	4		.778			28	–	4		.875
Duke	12	–	6		.667			18	–	12		.600
No. 18 Florida State	11	–	7		.611			24	–	8		.750
Virginia Tech	11	–	7		.611			21	–	9		.700
Boston College	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
Georgia Tech	10	–	8		.556			20	–	11		.645
Syracuse	9	–	9		.500			16	–	15		.516
Virginia	8	–	10		.444			13	–	17		.433
Notre Dame	8	–	10		.444			13	–	18		.419
Miami (FL)	7	–	11		.389			15	–	15		.500
North Carolina	7	–	11		.389			16	–	14		.533
Wake Forest	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Clemson	3	–	15		.167			8	–	23		.258
Pittsburgh	1	–	17		.056			5	–	26		.161
† 2020 ACC tournament winner As of March 5, 2020 Rankings from AP poll

The Blue Devils finished the season 18–12 and 12–6 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Boston College in the Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[1]

Previous season

The 2018-19 Blue Devils finished the season 15–15, 6–10 in ACC play to finish tied for tenth place in the regular season. They were the eleventh seed in the ACC women's tournament, where they won their first game against Pittsburgh and fell to Florida State in the Second Round. They did not receive an invitation to a post-season tournament.

Off-season

Recruiting Class

Source:^[2]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jaida Patrick G	West Haverstraw, NY	Saddle River Day School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 95
Azana Baines G	Blackwood, NJ	Gloucester Catholic High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 95
Jennifer Ezeh F	Landover, MD	New Hope Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 95
Jada Claude F	Fayetteville, GA	Whitewater High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 89
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2019–20 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 0 Jaida Patrick 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Saddle River Day West Haverstraw, NY G 2 Haley Gorecki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS William Fremd Palatine, IL G 3 Miela Goodchild 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Moreton Bay College Queensland, Australia G/F 4 Jada Claude 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Whitewater Fayetteville, GA F 5 Leaonna Odom 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Chaminade Lompoc, CA G 11 Azana Baines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Gloucester Catholic Blackwood, NJ G 12 Mikayla Boykin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Clinton Clinton, NC C 13 Uchenna Nwoke 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So South Grand Prairie High School Grand Prairie, TX G 15 Kyra Lambert 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Samuel Clemens Cibolo, TX F 22 Jennifer Ezeh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr New Hope Academy Nibo, Nigeria F/C 24 Onome Akinbode-James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Blair Academy Blairstown, NJ F/C 25 Jade Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Owensboro Catholic Owensboro, KY C 30 Emily Schubert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Elizabethton Elizabethton, TN G 32 Jayda Adams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mater Dei Irvine, CA	Head coach Joanne P. McCallie (Northwestern) Assistant coach(es) Sam Miller (Adrian) Jim Corrigan (Duke) Wanisha Smith (Duke) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 8, 2019

Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	RV																RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches																RV	RV	RV	RV	N/A;"

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll. Due to the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament, the coaches poll did not release a final ranking.

Schedule

Source^[3]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2019* 2:00 p.m.		Alaska Anchorage	W 91–59	–	19 – Tied	15 – Gorecki	4 – Tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		High Point	W 93–57	1–0	19 – Odom	8 – Baines	5 – Goodchild	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,662) Durham, NC
November 10, 2019* 4:00 p.m., SECN+		at No. 6 Texas A&M	L 58–79	1–1	16 – Gorecki	5 – Baines	2 – Tied	Reed Arena (3,289) College Station, TX
November 14, 2019* 8:30 p.m., MWN		at UNLV	W 57–45	2–1	15 – Gorecki	8 – Goodchild	4 – Gorecki	Thomas & Mack Center (1,001) Las Vegas, NV
November 17, 2019* 3:00 p.m., ACCN		Northwestern	L 42–63	2–2	11 – Williams	9 – Gorecki	7 – Odom	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,118) Durham, NC
November 21, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Idaho State	W 85–66	3–2	30 – Gorecki	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,718) Durham, NC
November 24, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Troy	W 99–85	4–2	26 – Goodchild	13 – Gorecki	5 – Gorecki	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,833) Durham, NC
November 27, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Davidson	W 82–52	5–2	25 – Gorecki	12 – Akinbode-James	4 – Gorecki	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,784) Durham, NC
November 29, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Penn	W 66–50	6–2	23 – Odom	16 – Odom	10 – Gorecki	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,809) Durham, NC
December 4, 2019* 7:00 p.m., Big Ten Network		at Nebraska ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 79–83	6–3	20 – Odom	7 – Tied	4 – Gorecki	Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,013) Lincoln, NE
December 8, 2019 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	W 85–73	7–3 (1–0)	27 – Gorecki	14 – Odom	7 – Gorecki	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,005) Durham, NC
December 19, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 5 South Carolina	L 46–89	7–4	11 – Goodchild	6 – Lambert	3 – Akinbode-James	Colonial Life Arena (11,024) Columbia, SC
December 29, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Florida Gulf Coast	L 56–78	7–5	19 – Gorecki	10 – Gorecki	2 – Tied	Alico Arena (3,267) Fort Myers, FL
January 2, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest	L 58–60	7–6 (1–1)	17 – Gorecki	7 – Williams	2 – 3 tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,416) Durham, NC
January 5, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 7 Louisville	L 55–60	7–7 (1–2)	20 – Gorecki	7 – Baines	5 – Gorecki	KFC Yum! Center (10,123) Louisville, KY
January 9, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia	L 63–66	7–8 (1–3)	27 – Gorecki	7 – Akinbode-James	5 – Gorecki	John Paul Jones Arena (2,206) Charlottesville, VA
January 12, 2020 3:00 p.m., RSN		Virginia Tech	W 72–67 ^OT	8–8 (2–3)	17 – Gorecki	12 – Gorecki	3 – Tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,088) Durham, NC
January 16, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN		Notre Dame	W 50–47	9–8 (3–3)	13 – Tied	9 – Gorecki	2 – 3 tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,022) Durham, NC
January 19, 2020 12:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Clemson	L 58–62	9–9 (3–4)	20 – Odom	7 – Gorecki	7 – Gorecki	Littlejohn Coliseum (1,718) Clemson, SC
January 23, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at Syracuse	W 88–58	10–9 (4–4)	23 – Odom	10 – Odom	9 – Gorecki	Carrier Dome (2,106) Syracuse, NY
January 26, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Georgia Tech	W 58–46	11–9 (5–4)	18 – Gorecki	10 – Akinbode-James	3 – Tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,451) Durham, NC
February 2, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 7 NC State	L 60–63	11–10 (5–5)	21 – Gorecki	7 – Gorecki	3 – Gorecki	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,209) Durham, NC
February 6, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN		North Carolina Rivalry	W 71–61	12–10 (6–5)	25 – Gorecki	12 – Gorecki	8 – Gorecki	Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,686) Durham, NC
February 9, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Miami (FL)	W 74–55	13–10 (7–5)	16 – Williams	10 – Gorecki	7 – Gorecki	Watsco Center (1,435) Coral Gables, FL
February 13, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Pittsburgh	W 73–56	14–10 (8–5)	20 – Odom	9 – Akinbode-James	7 – Gorecki	Petersen Events Center (876) Pittsburgh, PA
February 16, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 14 Florida State	W 66–64	15–10 (9–5)	21 – Gorecki	7 – Akinbode-James	4 – Williams	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,303) Durham, NC
February 20, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Virginia	W 62–47	16–10 (10–5)	17 – Odom	12 – Odom	5 – Boykin	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,154) Durham, NC
February 24, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 8 NC State	W 70–65	17–10 (11–5)	24 – Gorecki	7 – Odom	5 – Gorecki	Reynolds Coliseum (5,580) Raleigh, NC
February 27, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia Tech	L 56–70	17–11 (11–6)	16 – Odom	7 – Odom	5 – Gorecki	Cassell Coliseum (1,603) Blacksburg, VA
March 1, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN2		North Carolina Rivalry	W 73–54	18–11 (12–6)	23 – Gorecki	10 – Williams	5 – Gorecki	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,916) Durham, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
March 6, 2020 8:00 p.m., RSN	(3)	vs. (6) Boston College Quarterfinals	L 77–84	18–12	25 – Gorecki	10 – Gorecki	5 – 3 tied	Greensboro Coliseum (5,492) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2019–20 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

References

1. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". from the original on March 12, 2020.
2. "Duke". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
3. "Women's Basketball 2019-20 Schedule/Results". Duke Athletics. Retrieved November 8, 2019.