Women's Basketball

The NCAA has given former Wingate women's basketball coach Barbara Nelson a two-year show-cause penalty for providing players with money and prescription drugs. Full story...

Former UNCW women's basketball coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke is heading back to her alma mater Southern California, according to a Houston TV station. Full story...

Elena Delle Donne had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 15 Delaware defeated UNC Wilmington 51-43 Friday to extend its school-record winning streak to 23 games and advance to the semifinals of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament. Full story...

Pat Summitt is stepping aside as Tennessee's women's basketball coach and taking the title of "head coach emeritus". UNCW men's basketball coach Buzz Peterson used to coach with Summitt at Tennessee. "One of the best basketball minds to ever coach the game, Peterson texted WWAY about Summitt. "She was such a tremendous communicator with her players. I was blessed to work beside her and to eat her excellent country cooking." Full story...

UNCW women's basketball coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, who piloted the Seahawks to back-to-back appearances in the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT), has resigned, Director of Athletics Jimmy Bass announced Tuesday. Full story...

Cape Fear Community College's Schwartz Center will host a new basketball team in the near future. CFCC is adding a women's basketball team. Full story...

UNC Wilmington will introduce Cynthia Cooper-Dyke as its women's basketball coach at a Monday afternoon news conference. Cooper-Dyke, a 2010 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, replaces Ann Hancock, whose contract was not renewed. Full story...