UK Women Fall at Duke 69-54
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – Lexie Brown hit four 3-pointers and scored 24 points and No. 15 Duke used a 10-0 run to start the fourth quarter for a 69-54 win over No. 17 Kentucky on Wednesday night for the Blue Devils’ eighth-straight win.
Leading 49-44 after three quarters, five different Blue Devils scored before Makayla Epps made a pair of free throws for the Wildcats with 5:06 remaining.
Kentucky missed its first 14 shots and its deficit reached 20 before a basket with two minutes to play.
Rebecca Greenwell had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Duke (12-1), who retired the No. 1 jersey of 2015 graduate Elizabeth Williams at halftime. Brown went 8 for 8 from the foul line and has a Duke record 38 straight.
Taylor Murray had 18 points for the Wildcats (9-4), who finished with a season low for points after shooting 18 percent (6 of 34) in the second half. Makayla Epps added 12, and Evelyn Akhator grabbed 15 rebounds.
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