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Associated Press
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Duke's Lawson will coach Team USA in AmeriCup; Old Dominion's Milton-Jones, OU's Baranczyk to assist
Duke head coach Kara Lawson reacts after a call during the second half against South Carolina in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, March 30, 2025, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, file) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Duke's Kara Lawson will coach Team USA this summer at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Chile and will be assisted by Old Dominion's DeLisha Milton-Jones and Oklahoma's Jennie Baranczyk, USA Basketball announced Tuesday. Nations in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean are represented in the every-other-year tournament, which will run June 28 to July 6 in Santiago, Chile. The AmeriCup is a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Women's World Cup and the Olympics. Lawson, Milton-Jones and Baranczyk each have previous USA Basketball coaching experience, and Lawson and Milton-Jones have earned multiple gold medals as players for the United States. Lawson won gold as an assistant with the United States team at the 2024 Paris Olympics and as head coach of the U.S. 3-on-3 team at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Lawson is 75-5 with nine gold medals as a USA Basketball coach. Milton-Jones was an assistant on the U.S. teams at the 2023 FIBA Women's U19 World Cup and 2022 FIBA U18 Women's Americas Championship. Baranczyk will be a USA Basketball assistant after having served as a court coach for the 2023 and 2017 U19 National Team Trials. ___ AP sports: The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world's population sees AP journalism every day.
USA Today
30-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UCLA women's basketball's Elite Eight win vs LSU eliminates final March Madness perfect bracket
UCLA women's basketball's Elite Eight win vs LSU eliminates final March Madness perfect bracket Show Caption Hide Caption South Carolina's Dawn Staley and Duke's Kara Lawson have swag South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley has swag. So does Duke's Kara Lawson. We asked USC and Duke players who has the most. What they said USA TODAY UCLA women's basketball's 72-65 victory over LSU in the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament did more than just send the Bruins to the first Final Four in program history. It ended the dreams that remained for a perfect bracket. Heading into Sunday's women's Elite Eight games, there was one bracket remaining in the ESPN Tournament Challenge (out of 3.4 million) that had correctly picked the previous 57 games, but it had the No. 3 seed Tigers knocking off UCLA, the tournament's No. 1 overall seed. REQUIRED READING: When South Carolina women's basketball cuts down nets, this Gamecocks staffer is in charge For years, the idea of a bracket with no incorrect predictions has existed as something of a pipe dream. The likelihood of correctly picking 67 games is virtually a statistical impossibility, with the NCAA putting the odds of achieving it at one in 120 billion. For a brief moment, it appeared as though the inconceivable could become a reality. Not only had the bracket correctly guessed all the previous winners, but it had selected the favored team in eight of the nine remaining matchups. It's the second consecutive year that a women's tournament bracket has gotten tantalizing close to perfection. During the 2024 NCAA Tournament, a bracket correctly predicted the first 50 games until No. 3 seed NC State beat No. 2 seed Stanford in the Sweet 16.
USA Today
30-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Duke women's basketball players explain what happened on final shot vs. South Carolina
Duke women's basketball players explain what happened on final shot vs. South Carolina Show Caption Hide Caption South Carolina's Dawn Staley and Duke's Kara Lawson have swag South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley has swag. So does Duke's Kara Lawson. We asked USC and Duke players who has the most. What they said USA TODAY BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Trailing 52-50 with 29.8 seconds remaining against No. 1 South Carolina in the Elite Eight on Sunday, the No. 2 Duke Blue Devils had the ball with a chance to tie or take the lead. Head coach Kara Lawson drew up what her players later called 'a winning play,' putting the ball in the hands of sharpshooter Ashlon Jackson. Jackson, with South Carolina forward Sania Feagin guarding her, took a few dribbles to her left, sizing up Feagin before hoisting a potential go-ahead 3. The shot fell short, failing to hit the rim as it landed in the hands of Gamecock guard Bree Hall. South Carolina then knocked down two free throws to ice the game and advance to its fifth-straight Final Four, defeating Duke, 54-50. 'The plan was just to get a 3 off,' senior guard Reigan Richardson said. 'We trust Ash to make that shot, we wanted the ball in her hands at that time.' Earlier in Sunday's game, at the 1:04 mark of the third quarter, Jackson made Duke history by tying the single-season record for made 3-pointers. She finished with 87 on the season. Jackson shot 2-of-8 from the perimeter on Sunday. She sits No. 9 all-time among Duke's 3-point markswomen, having made 162 in just three seasons. 'She can make plays for us, and that's why I put the ball in her hands late, because she's our best guard at making plays, and I trust her to do that,' Lawson said. Duke, playing in its first Elite Eight since 2013, saw its season come to an end with the loss. 'My team believes in me, my coaches believe in me, I believe in me,' Jackson said after the game. 'There's no other shot I'd rather take for my team.' Wesley Branch is a student in the University of Georgia's Sports Media Certificate program.
USA Today
30-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
South Carolina vs. Duke women's basketball live updates: Elite 8 prediction, TV channel
South Carolina vs. Duke women's basketball live updates: Elite 8 prediction, TV channel Show Caption Hide Caption Players in March Madness to watch before the WNBA draft Mackenzie Salmon and Meghan Hall give a guide on what players to look out for in the March Madness tournament before the WNBA draft. Sports Seriously Dawn Staley and the South Carolina women's basketball team have been pushed hard this NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 Gamecocks look to defend their national championship. That continues today when they face Kara Lawson and No. 2 Duke in the Elite Eight of March Madness. Staley has the Gamecocks on the doorstep of a fifth consecutive Final Four appearance while Lawson is looking to get the Blue Devils there for the first time since 2006. USA TODAY Sports is bringing you live updates, scores, highlights and analysis throughout the game. Follow along. Watch Duke-South Carolina live with Fubo (free trial) The Gamecocks and Blue Devils tip off at 1 p.m. ET. TV channel: ABC ABC Streaming: March Madness Live | ESPN app | Fubo (free trial) South Carolina vs. Duke will air live on ABC, with streaming options available on March Madness Live or the ESPN app, both with a cable login. Another option is Fubo, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers. Here's who made the Elite Eight. No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 2 Duke, Sunday, 1 p.m. on ABC No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 3 LSU, Sunday, 3 p.m. on ABC No. 1 Texas vs. No. 2 TCU, Monday, 7 p.m. on ESPN No. 2 UConn vs. USC, Monday, 9 p.m. on ESPN We asked 7 players and coaches in women's college basketball about how Dawn Staley has impacted the game and turned South Carolina into one of the iconic programs in history. Duke's Kara Lawson had a decorated playing career and, according to her players, still has plenty of game. When she needs it. 'She will lace them up and show us how it really goes when it comes to executing plays,' Blue Devils senior guard Reigan Richardson said. 'Once in a while, she'll go out there and shoot with us, just to prove she's the best shooter in the gym.' Read Wesley Branch's full story on Kara Lawson and her Duke players. Chloe Kitts is averaging a career-high 10.3 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this season. Kitts has registered back-to-back double-doubles in the second round and Sweet 16. Her career-high is 25 points, which she dropped on Vanderbilt in the SEC tournament. The Gamecocks have depth and defense on their side, ranking first in the nation in bench points per game (41.5) and fifth in blocks per game (5.9). Here's a look at the full South Carolina women's basketball roster.
USA Today
30-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
How to watch Duke women's basketball vs South Carolina: Time, TV channel for Elite Eight
How to watch Duke women's basketball vs South Carolina: Time, TV channel for Elite Eight The Duke women's basketball team has been on top of the world so far this March. The Blue Devils beat the North Carolina Tar Heels on senior night in Durham, notched back-to-back top-10 victories over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and NC State Wolfpack to win the ACC Tournament for the first time in more than a decade, and then beat UNC again to clinch their first Elite Eight trip under head coach Kara Lawson. The reward for that effort is a battle against the defending national champion South Carolina Gamecocks, a 33-3 juggernaut fresh off an SEC Tournament victory. Head coach Dawn Staley and her dynasty looked ready to roll through the March Madness bracket again with their 19-point victory over the Texas Longhorns in the conference title game, but the Gamecocks have looked human in their last two postseason games. The Indiana Hoosiers and Maryland Terrapins played the Gamecocks within 10 points. Could the Blue Devils shock the world and win the Birmingham 2 region? Here's how to watch the Duke women's basketball game, including time, TV schedule and streaming information: What channel is the Duke vs South Carolina game on today? Time, TV schedule TV Channel: ABC Start time: 1:00 p.m. ET Duke vs. South Carolina will broadcast nationally on ABC during the Elite Eight. Courtney Lyle, Carolyn Peck and Kris Budden will call the game from Legacy Arena at BJCC. Where to watch Duke vs South Carolina on livestream Streaming options for the game include FUBO, which offers a free trial for new subscribers. [afflinkbutton text="Watch Duke vs South Carolina live on Fubo" link=" Duke women's basketball NCAA Tournament schedule vs Lehigh Mountain Hawks (W, 86-25) - First Round vs Oregon Ducks (W, 59-53) - Second Round vs North Carolina Tar Heels (W, 47-38) - Sweet 16 Record: 29-7 South Carolina women's basketball NCAA Tournament schedule vs Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (W, 108-48) - First Round vs Indiana Hoosiers (W, 64-53) - Second Round vs Maryland Terrapins (W, 71-67) - Sweet 16 Record: 33-3 We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
