AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE CATAMOUNTS:

• Western Carolina and Duke meet for the eighth time on Sunday. The Blue Devils have won the last four meetings holding an overall record of 4-3 against WCU. In the last meeting occurring on Dec. 29, 2015, Duke defeated Western Carolina 84-47 in Cameron Indoor. Western Carolina's three wins against Duke came in the 1970's - the Catamounts won the first three meetings in 1976, 1977, and 1978. In those three games in the '70s, Duke came to Cullowhee twice with WCU winning 77-45 (76) and 89-78 (78). 
• Lauren LaPlant's three-pointer in the first quarter, at UNCA Wednesday, pushes her consecutive games hitting a three-pointer to 31-straight dating back to the 2019-20 season. 
• Western Carolina was led in scoring at UNCA by a pair of transfers. Redshirt sophomore Nadia Marshall, from Gulf Coast State, topped the Catamounts with 14 points while Middle Tennessee transfer Kyla Allison had 12.
• Allison's 12 points against UNCA is the most she has scored in a game since pouring in 24 points against UNCA, almost three years to the date Nov. 26, 2017, while she was playing for Middle Tennessee. 
• The loss to UNCA is Western Carolina's seventh consecutive loss dating back to the 2019-20 season. The Catamounts' last win came on Feb. 8, 2020, with a 61-53 victory at Chattanooga.
• Head Coach Kiley Hill is searching for his 300th career win as he is sitting at 299. 
• Six of Western Carolina's first seven games are on the road. 

• Duke is riding a 61-game win streak against non-conference opponents from the state of North Carolina. The Blue Devils have also collected 54 straight home wins against non-conference teams from North Carolina.
• Duke will open the season without fans and media in Cameron Indoor Stadium due to COVID-19.
• Duke's 94 points, in the win against Longwood, was the most by any ACC school in the opening game Wednesday. 
• All five Duke starters reached double-digits in the scoring column in the season opener for the second straight season. 
• Duke is helmed by first-year head coach Kara Lawson who had a storied career playing for the legendary coach Pat Summit at the University of Tennessee. She in elite company as she is one of only three NCAA Division I women's basketball coaches to play in an NCAA Final Four, win an Olympic Gold Medal, and win a WNBA Championship (Lindsay Whalen of Minnesota and Cynthia Cooper-Dyke of Texas Southern).