DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Now that Virginia Tech's out of the way, Duke can look forward to its biggest rival. The Blue Devils (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 9 AP) used great second-half shooting to rout Virginia Tech 85-50 on Friday night. Next up: A home game against rival North Carolina on Monday. Wanisha Smith and Joy Cheek scored 14 points apiece to lead Duke, which shot a season-high 59.5 percent in the second half to put away the Hokies (13-9, 0-7 Atlantic Coast Conference). Chante Black added 11 points and Krystal Thomas contributed 10 for the Blue Devils, who got their first win since losing to No. 2 Tennessee 67-64 on Monday. All 12 Blue Devils (16-5, 5-1) scored, a first this season. Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie said the offensive firepower was because of strong efforts from every player. "Coach P hit it when she said it was a total team effort," said junior guard Abby Waner, who had seven points, five assists and no turnovers. "When you have so many different threats and so many ways to score ... it's just really tough to defend." Although the Blue Devils finished strong, their offense struggled in the first half. Duke got the majority of its points in the paint to take a 29-22 halftime lead and closed the half without scoring a basket for the last 6:08. But McCallie didn't harp on that span, and she didn't need to. Duke opened the second half with a 13-6 run as its shooters warmed up. Smith and Waner hit 3-pointers to help Duke extend its lead to 45-30 with 15:07 left. From there, the Blue Devils romped and gave their bench players plenty of playing time. For the Hokies, the loss was yet another frustrating outcome. Andrea Barbour scored 15 points and Brittany Cook had 14 to lead Virgina Tech, but turnovers and poor rebounding sunk the team's chances. Virginia Tech turned the ball over 21 times, leading to 25 Duke points. The Blue Devils outrebounded the Hokies 50-35. "In the second half, I thought we got just completely away from our game plan," Hokies coach Beth Dunkenberger said. "We didn't guard correctly. We didn't take care of the ball on offense. We had some bad turnovers which in turn led to some Duke transition opportunities, and things went worse from there." The Hokies' Shani Grey left the game with more than 14 minutes left after colliding with Waner and hurting her right knee. Dunkenberger said she didn't know much but thought it was a knee-on-knee collision. Grey has had surgery on that knee and couldn't put much weight on it. She did not return. With the Hokies dispatched, the Blue Devils can spend the next three days worrying about North Carolina, the highest-scoring team in the nation. This is McCallie's first game in the storied rivalry, and she's looking forward to it. The Tar Heels are also one of the nation's top rebounding squads, and the Blue Devils will hope to have the same rebounding success as they had Friday night against the Hokies. "It's going to be a board game without question," McCallie said. "It's a very physical, athletic game. A lot of shots are going to go up, that's for sure. It's just who is going to get those second- and third-shot opportunities." Against Virginia Tech, Duke scored 17 second-chance points.

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ESPN Camera crews were in place while Rebbecca Lobo could be seen going over her pre game notes.  The press room was filled to maximum and the Vol's even had their own TV crew present.  In fact, several writers who normally only cover the men's games suddenly appeared.  The reason for all the activity?  It was 23 minutes before tip off of the Tennessee at Duke Women's game.

The Orange Nation poured into and around Cameron, some trying to score last minute tickets to the sold out event.  Outside, scalpers were asking 75.00 a piece for prime tickets  This would be another game in the outstanding series where Duke held a slim 5-4 edge coming into the game.

The Vols were set to avenge a four point loss to the Blue Devils in last season game.  Both teams were feeling each other out early.  Duke came out playing tenacious defense and controlled much of the first half, but Tennessee closed hard and they went into the locker rooms with the score deadlocked at 33 apiece.  The Devils held All American Candace Parker to 6 first half points, but after the break that changed. 

Parker came alive in the second half and ended the game with 17 points and 12 rebounds.  But the real thorn in the Blue Devils side was freshman sharpshooter Angie Bjorklund who nailed three key three pointers on her way to 13 points.  Add to that the most telling statistic of the game which is that the Vols had 22 second chance points to zero for Duke.

Despite that glaring stat, Dukes defense helprd them hold their opponent to 40% from the field.  In fact, Tennessee turned the ball over 23 times which led to 29 points for Duke, yet the still managed to pull out the win.   Tennessee coach Pat Summitt said, "Great teams find a way to win" when asked of the turnovers.

Duke was led by Chante Black who tallied 13 points as did superb freshman Jasmine Thomas.  The game was close the whole way despite just five lead changes.  The loss ended Dukes 24 game homecourt winning streak and ties the series at 5-5.  The game was the ninth sell out in women's basketball history.

Abby Waner hurled up a desperation 65 foot shot which would had tied the game at the buzzer but it rimmed out.  Abby moved to fourth on the all time three point shots, having made a key three to tie the game.

"I thought we did pretty well up until the end.  I thought we should have come out a little bit more aggressive," said Chante Black.  You could certainly point to Tennessee scoring the first seven points as a culprit, or the lack of rebounding on the Devils part.  Either way, Duke seems to be getting better with the tough lessons learned and they played tough against the number two team in the country all night long.

The Blue Devil women won big on the road tonight!

ATLANTA (AP) -- Chante Black had 16 points and 13 rebounds and No. 10 Duke cruised to a 73-47 win over No. 23 Georgia Tech on Thursday night.

Duke (15-4 overall, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) jumped to a seven-point lead before the four-minute mark. Jasmine Thomas hit a layup as time expired, giving Duke a 35-23 lead at halftime.

Duke, which beat Georgia Tech (16-4, 3-3) for the 28th straight time, opened the second half with a 15-7 run and led by 25 at the midway point of the half.

Tech, ranked in the top 25 this week for the first time since 1993, had won 18 straight at home.

Chioma Nnamaka led Georgia Tech with 13 points. Abby Waner scored 15 for Duke.