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The ACC is disputing Duke women's basketball coach Kara Lawson's claim that a men's ball was used during the first half of Sunday's game against Florida State.
The league released a statement Friday saying it had conducted a 'thorough and objective review process' but there was 'no evidence found' to support Lawson's allegation.
The 16th-ranked Blue Devils lost to the Seminoles 70-57 in Tallahassee on Sunday — 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.
'This would never happen in a men's game. This would never happen. It's embarrassing for our sport,' she said.
The ACC is disputing Duke women's basketball coach Kara Lawson's (pictured) claim that a men's ball was used during the first half of Sunday's game against Florida State
The circumference of a women's ball is about an inch smaller than a men's ball and it is typically 2 ounces lighter. While it may not seem like a lot, that's a big difference.
Lawson said throughout the first half, Duke players were 'complaining about the ball.'
The Blue Devils were 7 for 34 from the field in the opening 20 minutes
