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2021–22 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

2021–22 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball

Atlantic Coast Conference
17–13 (7–11 ACC)
Kara Lawson (2nd season)
Beth Cunningham
Winston Gandy
Tia Jackson
Cameron Indoor Stadium

The 2021–22 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Devils were led by second year head coach Kara Lawson and played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Blue Devils finished the season 17–13 overall and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. As the tenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Pittsburgh in the First Round before losing to seventh seed Miami in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT despite being ranked as high as No. 15 during the regular season.

On December 25, 2020, it was announced that the team would end their season due to COVID-19 concerns.

The Blue Devils finished the season 3–1, and 0–1 in ACC play. Due to their season cancellation they did not participate in the ACC tournament, NCAA tournament or WNIT.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jaida Patrick	0	G/F	5'10"	Sophomore	West Haverstraw, New York	Transferred to Columbia
Jada Claude	4	G/F	6'0"	Sophomore	Fayetteville, Georgia	Transferred to Morehead State
Sara Anastasieska	11	G	5'11"	Graduate Student	Sydney, Australia	Transferred to Illinois
Mikayla Boykin	12	G	5'9"	Senior	Clinton, North Carolina	Transferred to Charlotte
Uchenna Nwoke	13	C	6'6"	Junior	Grand Prairie, Texas	Left team
Jennifer Ezeh	22	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Nibo, Nigeria	Transferred to Missouri State
Jayda Adams	32	G	6'0"	Senior	Irvine, California	Transferred to Cal State Northridge

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Celeste Taylor	0	G	5'11"	Junior	Valley Stream, New York	Texas
Elizabeth Balogun	4	G/F	6'1"	Senior	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Louisville
Jordyn Oliver	11	G	5'10"	Junior	Prosper, Texas	Baylor
Amaya Finklea-Guity	22	C	6'4"	Graduate Student	Dorchester, Massachusetts	Syracuse
Imani Lewis	23	F	6'1"	Senior	Willingboro, New Jersey	Wisconsin
Nyah Green	31	G	6'1"	Junior	Allen, Texas	Louisville
Lexi Gordon	34	G/F	6'0"	Graduate Student	Fort Worth, Texas	Texas Tech
Emma Schmidt	45	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Waukee, Iowa	TCU

Source:

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Shayeann Day-Wilson G	Toronto, Canada	Crestwood Prep	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	N/A
Recruit ratings: ESPN: (93)
Lee Volker G	Purcellville, Virginia	St. Paul VI	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

Source

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
November 4, 2021*7:00 p.m.		Wingate	W 86–50	–	Cameron Indoor Stadium (0)Durham, NC
November 9, 2021*7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wintrhop	W 95–39	1–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,473)Durham, NC
November 12, 2021*7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Dayton	W 70–56	2–0	University of Dayton Arena (2,570)Dayton, OH
November 14, 2021*:00 p.m., ACCNX		UNC Wilmington	W 87–45	3–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,649)Durham, NC
November 21, 2021*2:00 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Alabama Maggie Dixon Classic	W 74–71	4–0	Schollmaier Arena (2,146)Fort Worth, TX
November 24, 2021*7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Appalachian State	W 73–65	5–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,533)Durham, NC
November 28, 2021*2:00 p.m., ACCN		Troy	W 91–75	6–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,516)Durham, NC
December 2, 2021*9:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 9 Iowa ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 79–64	7–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,064)Durham, NC
December 5, 2021*1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pennsylvania	W 77–55	8–0	The Palestra (450)Philadelphia, PA
December 15, 2021*7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 15	No. 1 South Carolina	L 46–55	8–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,451)Durham, NC
December 19, 2021Noon, ACCN	No. 15	at Miami (FL)	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues	Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
December 21, 2021*Noon, ESPN+	No. 16	at Charleston Southern	W 78–35	9–1	Buccaneer Field House (602)North Charleston, SC
December 30, 20218:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 15	at Virginia Tech	L 55–77	9–2(0–1)	Cassell Coliseum (1,664)Blacksburg, VA
January 2, 20222:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 15	No. 17 Notre Dame	W 72–70	10–2(1–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,354)Durham, NC
January 6, 20222:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 17	No. 16 Georgia Tech	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 9, 20222:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 17	at Syracuse	W 74–65	11–2(2–1)	Carrier Dome (1,133)Syracuse, NY
January 13, 20226:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 16	Virginia Tech	L 54–65	11–3(2–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,209)Durham, NC
January 16, 20224:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 16	at No. 4 NC State Rivalry	L 60–84	11–4(2–3)	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
January 18, 20222:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 21	at Miami (FL) Rescheduled from Dec. 19, 2021	W 58–49	12–4(3–3)	Watsco Center (1,443)Coral Gables, FL
January 23, 20226:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 21	Virginia	W 57–48	13–4(4–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,126)Durham, NC
January 27, 20227:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 21	North Carolina Rivalry	L 62–78	13–5(4–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,954)Durham, NC
January 30, 20223:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 21	at No. 5 Louisville	L 65–77	13–6(4–5)	KFC Yum! Center (9,001)Louisville, KY
February 1, 20227:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 12 Georgia Tech Rescheduled from Jan. 6	L 46–59	13–7(4–6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (1,582)Durham, NC
February 3, 20226:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Pittsburgh	W 54–39	14–7(5–6)	Peterson Events Center (1,031)Pittsburgh, PA
February 6, 20226:00 p.m., ACCN		Wake Forest	W 81–76	15–7(6–6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,487)Durham, NC
February 10, 20226:00 p.m., ACCNX		Florida State	L 56–59	15–8(6–7)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,327)Durham, NC
February 13, 20222:00 p.m., ACCRSN		No. 5 NC State Rivalry	L 62–77	15–9(6–8)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,956)Durham, NC
February 17, 20227:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia	L 54–67	15–10(6–9)	John Paul Jones Arena (1,695)Charlottesville, VA
February 20, 20222:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Clemson	W 64–61	16–10(7–9)	Littlejohn Coliseum (1,338)Clemson, SC
February 24, 20228:00 p.m., ACCRSN		Boston College	L 51–67	16–11(7–10)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,582)Durham, NC
February 27, 20224:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 18 North Carolina Rivalry	L 46–74	16–12(7–11)	Carmichael Arena (5,230)Chapel Hill, NC
March 2, 20223:30 p.m., ACCRSN	(10)	vs. (15) Pittsburgh First Round	W 55–52	17–12	Greensboro Coliseum (3,619)Greensboro, NC
March 3, 20226:00 p.m., ACCRSN	(10)	vs. (7) Miami (FL) Second Round	L 55–61	17–13	Greensboro Coliseum (5,648)Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked in previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.

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