Duke
Duke junior Reigan Richardson shines, goes over 20 points for third time this season
Duke's Reigan Richardson scored 22 points, going 10/15 from the field in what head coach Kara Lawson described as "a complete game."
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Duke's Reigan Richardson scored 22 points, going 10/15 from the field in what head coach Kara Lawson described as "a complete game."
Reagan when you came out in the fourth quarter, it looked like you and Coach Lawson were talking for a second and you had a big smile on your face. What did she say to you? Uh I, in that moment she's basically just telling me how proud she was of me and my performance and I was just happy to hear that because I really been struggling over the past couple of games just to stay consistent. And I feel like today I just felt really good. You know, I thought Reagan was terrific. Um, you know, she, she had an unbelievable first half defensively. Um, she was disruptive and, and really wreaking havoc and then obviously in the second half offensively, um I just kept going to her because she was, she was hot. And, um, you know, I thought she just had a, a complete game. Um She is one of the best wings in this league and I thought, um one of the things that makes her special is her high level two way ability like Reagan, you can put on a top player offensively on one end and she can be your leading scorer on the other, that's rare, you know, think about it. Most people's best offensive players, you put them on weak assignments or a best defensive player. Can't, can't score 25. It's rare to find two way wings that can do it at a high level. And, and we're really fortunate to have Reagan here at Duke. She, she mentioned that when, um, she was walking off the court there at the end of the fourth quarter, you all kind of like hugged and, and said, you know, she, she told us that you were, you said you were very proud of her in that moment especially. Um And she said, you know, she's still like, she's kind of struggling a little bit in a moment like this was so big for her. Do you see how, how do you see a moment like this propel her and her confidence for the rest of the season? She's giving away my secrets. She's letting people know. I'm nice. I don't like that. I want you all to think I'm not nice. Um Yeah, I mean, she's somebody that's having to grow into um being a primary player, you know, last year, she was more of a role player for us and, you know, that's a hard jump to make where every night you're being counted on to, to be really good. And there's pressure associated with that and she's, she navigates that she's having to navigate it like we're way better when Reagan plays well when she doesn't play well. It's hard for us and that comes with being a big time player. And so I was proud of her having a performance, like when we needed a performance in a big time game, um she came through with um not just a good performance, a great performance. And so I wanted to, to let her know how proud I was of her in that moment.