No way around it. The Duke women came out Thursday night and laid a great big egg against arch-rival North Carolina. The final was 78-62 if you’re into that sort of thing and that was only after Duke outscored Carolina’s deep bench 13-5 in the final three plus minutes.
The Blue Devils played without head coach Kara Lawson, out in health and safety protocols. Assistant Winston Gandy took the helm.
Duke found out Thursday morning that Lawson would be out.
Duke also was missing Celeste Taylor, still out with the shoulder injury suffered almost three weeks ago at Syracuse.