Brown Records Second-Straight Career-High at Duke

Sunday, February 1

Durham, NC

Noon

Wake Forest University

12-11,2-9ACC

Duke

16-6,11-0ACC

Wake Forest

Duke

2/1/2026 2:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

The Wake Forest women’s basketball team was led by freshman Milan Brown who finished the game with a career-high 17 rebounds while also posting 13 points in the loss at Duke.

By: Kaitlyn Stocum and Andrew Kovar

DURHAM, N.C. – The Wake Forest women's basketball team fell at Duke, 80-44, Sunday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

For the second consecutive game, the Demon Deacons (12-11, 2-9 ACC) were led by freshman guard Milan Brown who finished the game with a career-high 17 rebounds to go along with 13 points. This comes on the heels of a career-high 30 points and 11 rebounds on Thursday night against Virginia.

Against the Blue Devils (16-6, 11-0 ACC), Brown had eight rebounds by the halftime break and came out of the locker room playing her best basketball of the afternoon, recording nine points and seven rebounds in the third quarter alone to achieve her third double-double of the season and her second of the week.

Brown's big day on the boards marked the most by any player in the Megan Gebbia era and the most by a Wake Forest player since Ivana Raca pulled down 19 rebounds in a victory at Virginia Tech on Jan. 17, 2021.

Brown led a strong rebounding effort by the Deacs on Sunday as Wake Forest ended the afternoon with a 41-40 advantage on the boards.

The Deacs forced the Blue Devils into 12 turnovers on Sunday, and have forced 10 or more takeaways 89 times in the last 92 games, a stretch dating back to January of 2022. Through 23 games, the Demon Deacons have forced 15.7 turnovers per game.

How It Happened

Duke got out in front early, taking a 10-4 lead midway through the first quarter.
- Freshmen guard Milan got the Deacs on the board going 2-for-2 at the line.
- Back-to-back layups from sophomore guard Aurora Sørbye and freshman forward Opal Bird made it 10-6, behind the Blue Devils.
With 2:22 left, junior guard Madisyn Jordan connected with freshman guard Caitlyn Jones for a jumper in the paint.
Wake Forest trailed the Blue Devils, 20-8 at the start of the second quarter.
Brown drove her way up to the basket for a layup at the 6:38 mark.
Duke led the Deacs 42-10 at the half.
Brown reached double digit scoring with over five minutes left in the third.
- Bird connected with the Baltimore, Md.-native for two in the paint.
- A steal from junior guard/freshman Mary Carter found Brown for a bucket off the fast break.
- At the 5:26 mark, Brown knocked back three with an assist from Carter.
At the 4:36 mark, graduate student forward Emily Johns went 2-for-2 at the stripe.
Jordan knocked back three with 2:03 to go.
The Deacs trailed Duke, 65-28 headed into the fourth.
Jones put up two consecutive baskets to open the quarter.
Freshman guard Grace Galbavy drained a bucket from downtown with 6:35 remaining in the contest.
- The Pennsburg, Pa.-native put up a jumper four minutes later in the closing stages.
With less than a minute to go, sophomore forward Kennedy Moore knocked back three with an assist from Jones.
Jones grabbed the final bucket of the game, as Wake Forest fell to Duke 80-44.

Standout Stats

For the second consecutive game and the third time this season, freshman guard Milan Brown finished the game with a double-double, leading the Demon Deacons in scoring and on the glass.
- She posted a career-high 17 rebounds in the game while also ending the afternoon with 13 points in the loss.
  - Brown's big day on the boards marked the most by any player in the Megan Gebbia era and the most by a Wake Forest player since Ivana Raca pulled down 19 rebounds in a victory at Virginia Tech on Jan. 17, 2021.
- In the two games this week, Brown averaged 21.5 points and 14 rebounds.
  - Thursday against Virginia, she recorded a career-high 30 points to go along with 11 rebounds.
The Deacs forced the Blue Devils into 12 turnovers on Sunday, and have forced 10 or more takeaways 89 times in the last 92 games, a stretch dating back to January of 2022.
- Through 23 games, the Demon Deacons have forced 14.4 turnovers per game.

From Gebbia
"We had a much better second half and were much more competitive in the final 20 minutes. Milan played really well tonight with a career-high 17 rebounds and Caitlyn played well too handling the pressure. We settled in and I was happy with how our bench contributed in different ways as well. We outrebounded them today which was a positive. We still need to do better around the basket and we will continue to work on that. Our communication was better in the second half and we have to use the positives going into the next game against SMU." - Megan Gebbia

Up Next
The Demon Deacons continue their road swing when the Demon Deacons travel to SMU Thursday night in Dallas.

Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network Extra.