Wake Forest Demon Deacons
No. 14 Duke women win 12th straight at Cameron Indoor (Jan 29, 2017)
Wake Forest Demon Deacons

No. 14 Duke women win 12th straight at Cameron Indoor (Jan 29, 2017)

Published Jan. 29, 2017 3:09 p.m. ET

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Lexie Brown made four 3-pionters and scored 28 points and No. 14 Duke beat Wake Forest 71-43 on Sunday for the Blue Devils' 12th straight win in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Brown was 9 of 15 from the floor, only missing two 3-pointers, and hit all six of her free throws.

Brown took an inbounds pass with 5.9 seconds left in the first half and went coast-to-coast for a layup to extend Duke's lead to 37-20 at the break. She had 16 points in the opening 20 minutes while Wake Forest was held to 6-of-25 shooting (24 percent) - with four 3-pointers.

Duke opened the second half on a 13-3 run for a 50-23 lead and cruised.

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Rebecca Greenwell added 13 points for Duke (18-4, 6-3 ACC) and Leaonna Odom had 10 points and 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the season.

Elisa Penna scored 14 points for Wake Forest (13-8, 4-4) and Milan Quinn had 10 points and 11 boards.

Last season, the Blue Devils had their 44-game winning streak against WF snapped with a 64-58 loss at home.

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