Duke women’s coach Lawson says men’s ball used vs. FSU

Published February 3, 2023 8:58 AM

By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer

Duke coach Kara Lawson said her team played with a men’s basketball for the first half of a loss to Florida State last Sunday. The 16th-ranked Blue Devils lost to the Seminoles 70-57 in Tallahassee, Florida — the team’s second Atlantic Coast Conference loss of the season. After her team beat Pittsburgh 53-44 on Thursday, Lawson ended her news conference by speaking animatedly about Sunday’s game. Lawson called it “embarrassing” and said the mistake would never happen in a men’s game. The circumference of a women’s ball is about an inch smaller than a men’s ball and it is typically 2 ounces lighter.

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