CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you were to ask Duke women's basketball's Toby Fournier about teammate Delaney Thomas, she'd tell you the 6-foot-3 forward is "the mother" of the Blue Devils ' squad.

Even more so, she'd tell you the Charles Town, West Virginia, native is the team's standard-setter.

"She's kind of that standard for work ethic," Fournier said at ACC Tipoff on Monday, Oct. 6. "You know, when I see Delaney running and she's so far down the court I'm, like, okay, maybe have I to pick it up a little bit and run that hard as well. She sets a standard, and I think it helps the rest of the team meet that."

Thomas is one of four returning starters on sixth-year head coach Kara Lawson 's team this coming season. She started all 37 of Duke 's contests last season, averaging 7.1 points,

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