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Former Temple University Women's Basketball Player Not Surprised By Dawn Staley's Success
"She's been cutting down nets for a long time," Shenita Landry, director of player personnel, Temple University's women's basketball, said.
April 9, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Through tears of joy, Dawn Staley thanked God before raising the NCAA women's basketball championship trophy as head coach of the undefeated University of South Carolina Gamecocks, who took down the Iowa Hawkeyes in Cleveland on Sunday to win the third title of her career.
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With this win over Iowa, Staley now joins only four other women's coaches in winning three national championships in her career. However, one of her former players at Temple University was not surprised.
"She's been cutting down nets for a long time," Shenita Landry, the director of player personnel for Temple University's women's basketball team, said.
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