Kara Lawson spent only one season with the Boston Celtics, but she left quite the impact. When she left her assistant coach gig to take over as head coach of the Duke women's basketball team in 2020,

Kara Lawson is focused on the immediate challenge, the task of preparing her 16th-ranked Duke team to host eighth-ranked North Carolina. Yet a win would reach beyond merely taking a backyard scrap with the Blue Devils' nearby rival. These days, that's true of every Atlantic Coast Conference game in the 919 area code, for that matter.

The Duke Blue Devils' women's basketball team improved its record to 24-7 on Friday with a 61-48 ACC Tournament win over the Louisville Cardinals, extending what looks like a promising season so far in Durham,

The Blue Devils left the Tar Heels in the dust Thursday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium, winning 68-53. They were led by 23 from Reigan Richardson and 19 by freshman Toby Fournier.

The top-seeded Wolfpack pounded fifth-seeded and No. 14 North Carolina, 66-55, in the first of two semifinal games at First Horizon Coliseum. In the second game, third-seeded Duke pulled off the upset, using a scoring burst late in the fourth quarter to stop the second-seeded Irish, 61-56.

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This is not the same Duke team that started the season. It’s not even the same team from three weeks ago. With the postseason underway, head coach Kara Lawson’s bunch is hitting its stride — just at t

Behind a big night from Reigan Richardson and a double-double from Toby Fournier, No. 16 Duke women’s basketball pulled away from No. 8 UNC for a key ACC win Thursday night.