DUKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA Final Four - 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006 NCAA Finalist - 1999, 2006 ACC Champions - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013 Lindy Brown, Senior Associate Communications Director • WBB Contact • Offi ce: 919-684-2664 • Cell: 919-599-9821 • [email protected] www.GoDuke.com • Twitter - @DukeWBB, @KaraLawson20 • Facebook - DukeWBB • Instagram - DukeWBB 202021 SCHEDULE (0-0 Overall, 0-0 ACC) Date DU Opp Opponent Time/Results WATCH Game 1 • Wednesday, Nov. 25 • 12:00 PM N25 -- -- LONGWOOD 12 P.M. ACCN N29 -- -- WESTERN CAROLINA 2 P.M. ACCNX 0-0, 0-0 BS Durham, N.C. • ACC Network Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) D5 -- -- EAST CAROLINA TBA ACCNX At D9 -- -- LOUISVILLE* 7:00 P.M. RSN Tickets: .............................................No fans allowed due to COVID-19 D13 -- -- at Miami* 3:00 P.M. RSN Live Stats: ................................................................. www.GoDuke.com D20 -- -- at NC State* 4:00 P.M. ACCN Radio: ..................................................................Duke Sports Network D22 -- -- UNC WILMINGTON 4:00 P.M. ACCNX ....................................(WDNC 620 AM, www.GoDuke.com, TuneIn app) D31 -- -- LOUISVILLE* 8:00 P.M. ACCN Radio Talent: ........................................................Chris Edwards (PXP) TV/Video: ........................................ ACC Network, ACC Network Extra J3 -- -- VIRGINIA TECH* 2:00 P.M. ACCNX TV Talent: ........................Pam Ward (PXP), LaChina Robinson (Color) 0-0, 0-0 ACC J7 -- -- at Florida State* 7:00 P.M. ACCNX Duke Head Coach: ................................ Kara Lawson (Tennessee, ‘03) J10 -- -- at Boston College* 2:00 P.M. ACCNX Record: ........................................................................................ 0-0 (1) J14 -- -- CLEMSON* 7:00 P.M. ACCNX J17 -- -- at North Carolina* 2:00 P.M. ACCN Setting the Scene... J21 -- -- SYRACUSE* 7:00 P.M. ACCNX In the fi rst contest of the “Kara Era” at Duke, the Blue Devil women’s basketball team will open the 2020-21 campaign Wednesday, Nov. 25 • Kara Lawson will make her Duke J24 -- -- at Georgia Tech* 2:00 P.M. ACCNX at 12 p.m., as Duke will host Longwood in Cameron Indoor Stadium. debut as head coach Wednesday, J28 -- -- NC STATE* 8:00 P.M. ACCN The game will be aired live on the ACC Network with Pam Ward Nov. 25 versus Longwood J31 -- -- at Notre Dame* 4:00 P.M. ACCN (PXP) and LaChina Robinson (Color) calling the action. It will also be • Duke will open the season with four straight home contests in Cam- carried on the Duke Sports Network via WDNC AM 620, TuneIn app eron Indoor Stadium F4 -- -- at Virginia* 7:00 P.M. ACCNX and www.GoDuke.com with Chris Edwards (PXP) on the air beginning • The Blue Devils will start the F7 -- -- MIAMI* 2:00 P.M. ACCNX at 11:45 a.m. (ET). 2020-21 campaign without fans F14 -- -- PITTSBURGH* 2:00 P.M. ACCNX and media in attendance at home F18 -- -- at Virginia Tech* 6:00 P.M. ACCNX What is Next?... contests • Former Blue Devil Ka’lia Johnson F21 -- -- at Wake Forest* 1:00 P.M. TBA Duke will remain at home and will next host Western Carolina Sunday, Nov. 29 at 2 p.m., in Cameron Indoor Stadium. will return to Cameron Wednesday F25 -- -- VIRGINIA* 7:00 P.M. ACCNX when Duke faces Longwood as she F28 -- -- NORTH CAROLINA* 2:00 P.M. RSN is an assistant coach for the Lanc- A Look at Longwood... ers Longwood returns four starters and nine letterwinners under the ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) direction of head coach Rebecca Tillett, who has totaled a 15-45 record M3 -- -- ACC First Round TBA TBA over two seasons. M4 -- -- ACC Second Round TBA TBA • Duke and Longwood will meet for M5 -- -- ACC Quarterfi nals TBA TBA Last year, the Lancers totaled a 12-18 record and 8-12 in the Big the second time in school history. M6 -- -- ACC Semifi nals TBA TBA South. Returning for Longwood includes Kyla McMakin (18.8 points), • The Blue Devils won the previous M7 -- -- ACC Championship TBA TBA Akila Smith (6.9 points), Tra’Dayja Smith (8.3 points) and Anne-Hamilton LeRoy (11.1 points). meeting, 105-48, in Cameron Indoor Stadium. in 2016 The Series with Longwood... • Duke owns a 37-10 record all- All times are Eastern * ACC Contest time against Big South Conference Duke hosts Longwood for the second time in program history, opponents. ALL CAPS - Home Games RSN - Regional Sports Network having won the previous contest by a score of 105-48, on Nov. 15, ACCNX - ACC Network Extra 2016 in Durham. RSN, which reaches in excess of 51.4 million homes and Last year, the Blue Devils were 12-4 on their home court, while includes Fox Sports South, Fox Sports Carolinas, Fox Sports the Lancers managed a 5-10 record as the visiting team. Florida, Sun Sports, Fox Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Midwest, Comcast Sports Net Mid-Atlantic, New England Sports Network Duke Versus the Big South Conference... (NESN), the YES Network, the Madison Square Garden Network Duke owns a 38-10 record against Big South Conference oppo- nents – Campbell (4-8), Charleston Southern (3-0), Gardner-Webb (1-0), (MSG) in New York and Root Sports in Pennsylvania. All ACC Hampton (6-0), High Point (2-2), Longwood (1-0), Presbyterian (2-0), games produced as part of the RSN package will be available Radford (4-0), UNC Asheville (9-0), USC Upstate (2-0) and Winthrop via WatchESPN, but are subject to regional blackout. (4-0). The Blue Devils have won 37 straight contests against the Big South. 0 - Jaida Patrick 2 - Vanessa de Jesus 3 - Miela Goodchild 4 - Jada Claude G/F • SO • 5-10 G • FR • 5-8 G • JR • 5-10 G/F • SO • 6-0 West Haverstraw, N.Y. Valencia, Calif. Queensland, Australia Fayetteville, Ga. (Saddle River Day) (Sierra Canyon School) (Moreton Bay College) (Whitewater) 11 - Sara Anastasieska 12 - Mikayla Boykin 13 - Uchenna Nwoke 22 - Jennifer Ezeh G • GR • 5-11 G • SR • 5-9 C • JR • 6-6 F • SO • 6-3 Sydney, Australia Clinton, N.C. Grand Prairie, Texas Nibo, Anambra State, Nigeria (California) (Clinton) (South Grand Prairie) (New Hope Academy [Md.]) 24 - Onome 25 - Jade Williams 32 - Jayda Adams 33 - Jiselle Havas Akinbode-James F/C • SR • 6-5 G • SR • 6-0 G • JR • 5-10 F/C • JR • 6-3 The Colony, Texas Irvine, Calif. Windermere, Fla. Abeokuta, Nigeria (The Colony) (Mater Dei) (Lafayette College) (Blair Academy - Blairstown, N.J.) Kara Lawson Beth Cunningham Winston Gandy Tia Jackson Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 1st Season at Duke 1st Season at Duke 1st Season at Duke 1st Season Back at Duke; Third Overall Duke Basketball Twitter: @DukeWBB, @KaraLawson20 Quick Facts Last Meeting... Tale Of The Tape Duke collected a 105-48 victory over Longwood Location .........................................Durham, N.C. Duke ......................Statistical Comparison .............................LU in the last meeting on Nov. 15, 2016 in Cameron In- Enrollment ................................................. 6,994 18-12 ..........................Record .............................12-17 door Stadium. The Blue Devils were led by Rebecca Founded ..............................1838 Trinity College .431.................Field Goal Percentage .................. .410 Greenwell with 30 points as she drained 5-of-6 treys, Color ..................................... Duke Blue & White .388........ Opponent Field Goal Percentage ......... .390 while Lexie Brown added 27 points on 5-of-5 from Nickname .......................................... Blue Devils .322.......Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ........ .327 downtown. Duke hit 48.8 percent from the fi eld in Conference ..................................................ACC 5.5................Three-Pointers Per Game ..................5.7 the game. Arena ..............Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) .713................Free Throw Percentage ...................752 12.7..........Offensive Rebounds Per Game ............12.3 President ....................................... Vincent Price Three Keys... Director of Athletics/Vice President ... Kevin White 37.6.................... Rebound Average ......................37.3 1) Kara Lawson will make her Duke coaching Basketball Offi ce Phone ...............(919) 613-7565 +2.0 .................... Rebound Margin ........................-3.4 debut against Longwood. After a decorated playing 67.7.....................Points Per Game .......................67.8 Head Coach .................................... Kara Lawson career, Lawson has moved to the sidelines. Her fi rst 63.5..............Points Allowed Per Game ................69.1 Assistant Coaches ...................Beth Cunningham, contest as a head coach will be Wednesday, Nov. 25 +4.2 .................... Point Differential ........................-1.3 Winston Gandy, Tia Jackson in Cameron Indoor Stadium. 4.1...................... Blocks Per Game .........................6.0 Athletic Trainer .............................. Catherine Lass 2) Duke will open the season without fans and 13.9.................... Assists Per Game ......................14.0 Sport Performance Coach ...........Ashleigh Beaver media in Cameron Indoor Stadium due to COVID-19. 10.1.....................Steals Per Game .........................8.8 Physical Therapist ........................... Jordan Busse 3) The Blue Devils will open at home in Cameron 17.9..................Turnovers Per Game ....................16.8 Indoor Stadium for the second straight year, but only Basketball History the second time since the 2012-13 campaign, when nine-win turnaround in 2019-20 form the prior season. Duke downed Presbyterian, 84-45. Duke has won 21 Johnson saw action