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No. 4 Duke Too Much for the Women of Troy, Wins 75-60

Dec 22, 2012   //   by admin   //   Basketball  //  Comments Off on No. 4 Duke Too Much for the Women of Troy, Wins 75-60

Screen Shot 2012-12-27 at 10.29.17 PMThe No. 4 Duke Blue Devils handed the Southern California Women of Troy their fifth consecutive loss, as Duke improved to a perfect 10-0.

USC’s last lead of the game (7-5) came early in the first half, but the Women of Troy hung with the talented Blue Devils for much of the game.

“I thought we played extremely well against the No. 4 team in the country,” said USC coach Michael Cooper, who returned from a one-game suspension.

“One of our biggest nemeses has been our effort and our physicality down low, but these two young ladies (forwards Kate Oliver and Alexyz Vaioletama) came and took on the second best center in the country (Elizabeth Williams). Read more >>

BIO

Aaron Fischman is a sports writer, author, editor and multimedia journalist, who currently hosts the On the NBA Beat podcast, a weekly interview show he co-founded with fellow USC alums Loren Lee Chen and brother Joshua Fischman in advance of the 2015-16 NBA season. On the podcast, he and the crew interview some of the league’s best reporters on their particular beat. Fischman’s first book, A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back, an uplifting nonfiction Japanese baseball story, has been nominated for the prestigious CASEY Award for best baseball book of 2024. Read more.