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History.com: The Lithuanian Immigrant Who Launched the First Women's College Basketball Game

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On March 22, 1893, 15 months after Canadian-born James Naismith invented basketball, Senda Berenson pitted Smith College freshmen and sophomore teams against each other.

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a&e television networks, llc, berenson's rules for women's game, canadian-born james naismith invented basketball, ralph melnick, author of "senda berenson: the unlikely founder of women's basketball", women's basketball association (wba)
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