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Blue Devils Conclude ACC Tipoff
10/11/2022 8:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke sophomore guard Reigan Richardson, senior guard Celeste Taylor and head women's basketball coach Kara Lawson took part in ACC Tipoff on Tuesday at The Westin Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C., where all 15 conference teams were in attendance to preview the upcoming 2022-23 season.
Lawson enters her third year at the helm of the program and leads a roster into the season that features nine returners and seven newcomers. She's looking forward to having a deeper and more well-rounded roster.
"I think the thing that stands out about our group -- and, again, we're only through the first couple weeks of practice -- but I think we are deeper than we were a year ago," said Lawson. "I think we have more size and I think we have more athleticism. So those are all good things for our group. I think we also have a lot of multiple two-way players. Players who can guard, who are versatile defensively, who can guard a number of positions, but then also offensively can put pressure on defenses. Hopefully that translates to a good start to the season for us."
In addition to answering questions from the media, Richardson and Taylor participated in photo shoots, individual interviews and network video segments. The pair was asked about the team's new additions and what is in important to building team chemistry.
"Mainly for me, I just want to stay confident. Stay confident in myself," said Richardson when asked how she could help impact the team. "For me, I'm hard on myself, and that's what I'm trying to work on and not be so hard on myself. So just staying confident and keeping my effort at 100 percent, even more, that's what I want to do."
"I think for us as a group in general, it's just being able to compete every single day and get after it, being consistent, because I know sometimes it's hard," said Taylor. "Some days people have bad days. People have good days. But just be able to lean on each other and know that we're sisters and we have each other's backs when somebody's down to be able to pick them back up. And just being consistent and competing."
Duke gets the season rolling Nov. 5 at 1 p.m., with an exhibition game against Indiana University of Pennsylvania, before officially opening the 2022-23 regular season Nov. 9 against North Carolina A&T at 11 a.m., live on ACC Network Extra.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
#GoDuke
Lawson enters her third year at the helm of the program and leads a roster into the season that features nine returners and seven newcomers. She's looking forward to having a deeper and more well-rounded roster.
"I think the thing that stands out about our group -- and, again, we're only through the first couple weeks of practice -- but I think we are deeper than we were a year ago," said Lawson. "I think we have more size and I think we have more athleticism. So those are all good things for our group. I think we also have a lot of multiple two-way players. Players who can guard, who are versatile defensively, who can guard a number of positions, but then also offensively can put pressure on defenses. Hopefully that translates to a good start to the season for us."
In addition to answering questions from the media, Richardson and Taylor participated in photo shoots, individual interviews and network video segments. The pair was asked about the team's new additions and what is in important to building team chemistry.
"Mainly for me, I just want to stay confident. Stay confident in myself," said Richardson when asked how she could help impact the team. "For me, I'm hard on myself, and that's what I'm trying to work on and not be so hard on myself. So just staying confident and keeping my effort at 100 percent, even more, that's what I want to do."
"I think for us as a group in general, it's just being able to compete every single day and get after it, being consistent, because I know sometimes it's hard," said Taylor. "Some days people have bad days. People have good days. But just be able to lean on each other and know that we're sisters and we have each other's backs when somebody's down to be able to pick them back up. And just being consistent and competing."
Duke gets the season rolling Nov. 5 at 1 p.m., with an exhibition game against Indiana University of Pennsylvania, before officially opening the 2022-23 regular season Nov. 9 against North Carolina A&T at 11 a.m., live on ACC Network Extra.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
#GoDuke
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