Women's Hoops Blog

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Monday, January 26, 2009

From Dick Patrick of USAToday:
There were moments of silence at men's and women's basketball games throughout the country. A makeshift memorial of flowers and posters appeared at the North Carolina State campus. Coaches wore upside-down pink ribbons.
Yet the most poignant tribute to Kay Yow, the North Carolina State women's basketball coach who died Saturday morning at 66 after fighting breast cancer for two decades, occurred Saturday night in Queens, N.Y., where her sister Susan Yow coached Belmont Abbey against Queens College, coached by one of Yow's greatest players, Trudi Lacey.

Before the Division II game, the coaches hugged at midcourt, Lacey breaking down in tears. "I told her Kay would want us both to be coaching tonight," said Susan Yow, whose team overcame an 18-point deficit for a 64-62 win.