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2023–24 Duke Blue Devils Women's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Devils were led by fourth year head coach Kara Lawson and played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Devils started their season with three straight wins before losing two straight games, including an overtime loss at sixth-ranked Stanford. They would win their next two games, including another overtime victory, this time against Georgia in the ACC–SEC Challenge. Duke would lose its next two games, one against first-ranked South Carolina and the other, its ACC opener at Clemson. From there, the Blue Devils would close out their non-conference schedule with three straight wins and win three of their next four ACC games. The lone loss was at seventeenth-ranked Louisville. Their next three conference games were against ranked teams, and Duke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kara Lawson
Kara Marie Lawson (born February 14, 1981) is the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team. She is a former American professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and a basketball television analyst for ESPN and the Washington Wizards. Lawson primarily played as a shooting guard. She won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, a championship with the Sacramento Monarchs in the 2005 WNBA Finals, and coached the United States women's national 3x3 team to gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Lawson retired from the WNBA in 2015 to focus on her broadcasting career. She began her coaching career as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the NBA in 2019. Player career High school Lawson attended Sidwell Friends School her freshman year, then went to West Springfield High School, where she played on the girls' basketball and soccer teams. Lawson was named a WBCA All-American. Her high school record wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 NC State Wolfpack Women's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack were led by eleventh-year head coach Wes Moore and played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Wolfpack got off to a hot start to the season when they upset second ranked Connecticut in the second game of the season. The Wolfpack were unranked at the time and valuted to fourteenth in the nation with the win. They carried their momentum through the Paradise Jam, defeating number 3 Colorado to win the championship. After the tournament win, the team was ranked fifth. Following and ACC–SEC Challenge win over Vanderbilt and a win over Illinois State, the Wolfpack reached their season highest ranking of third. The Wolfpack finished off the non-conference season with three more wins, and finished that portion of the season undefeated. The Wolfpack started the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
