Former Duke guard Kyra Lambert transferring to Texas

Duke's Kyra Lambert defends against Troy on Nov. 24, 2019 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. Duke's Kyra Lambert defends against Troy on Nov. 24, 2019 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. Photo: Duke Athletics Photo: Duke Athletics Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Former Duke guard Kyra Lambert transferring to Texas 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

AUSTIN – Duke guard and former Clemens All-American Kyra Lambert on Thursday announced she will transfer and play out her sixth and final season at Texas.

Lambert, a member of the 2015 Express-News Super Team, has had her college career derailed by severe knee injuries. After appearing in 65 games with 56 starts in her first two seasons at Duke, Lambert missed the entirety of the 2017-18 season while recovering from a torn ACL in her left knee. A reoccurrence in the same knee in the same knee prevented her from playing at all in 2018-19.

Lambert returned to the floor last season as a fifth-year senior and averaged 5.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals. She started 21 games and gradually moved past an initial minutes restriction.

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The addition of a veteran guard should help the effort to offset the loss of five seniors from last season’s team, the last of the Karen Aston era. Lambert is also the second graduate transfer picked up by new coach Vic Schaefer’s Longhorns this week, joining Penn State forward Lauren Ebo.

The 6-foot-4 sophomore last season averaged 5.3 points and 4.8 rebounds in 20.3 minutes per game last year.