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Hello to women’s assemblage hoops fans, and women’s assemblage hoops fans only.
The 2024-2025 assemblage hoops play conscionable started, and there’s already immoderate chaos. If you enjoyed past year, I propose you buckle up. It’s going to beryllium a rollercoaster. Monday was ALL GAS and nary breaks. There weren’t immoderate opening time upsets for illustration 2023. But location were immoderate REALLY adjacent calls, and I mightiness reason that’s conscionable arsenic nerve-wracking.
From JuJu Watkins‘ bloody chemoreceptor to freshman Syla Swords and Michigan astir upsetting No.1 classed South Carolina, nan opening time of assemblage hoops was a bully one. If you missed immoderate of nan action, we’ve sewage you covered, including immoderate things you whitethorn not person seen.
These are nan 5 champion moments from women’s assemblage hoops opening day:
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USC's JuJu Watkins balling retired successful Paris, France
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Caitlin Clark has moved connected to nan WNBA. So, there’s been a batch of chatter astir who will measurement into nan spotlight without her successful nan assemblage ranks. JuJu Watkins was quietly doing it past season, but she showed she’s perchance much than fresh to do it full-time connected Monday.
After a slow commencement against a gritty Ole Miss team, JuJu sewage going quickly, dropping immoderate reliable buckets connected her measurement to an awesome stat statement of 27 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks, 4 assists and 3 steals. JuJu, her bloody nose, KiKi Iriafen and nan Trojans were capable to past a scare from nan Ole Miss Rebels, 68-66, and get retired of Paris pinch a win.
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Syla Swords and Michigan astir upsetting No. 1 classed South Carolina
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Whew, boy. South Carolina had a nail-biting 68-62 triumph complete Michigan.
From nan opening of nan matchup, Michigan went correct astatine South Carolina, starting pinch a 7-0 tally and carrying nan lead into nan 2nd half. South Carolina had a batch of activity to do to get retired of its deficit. Chloe Kitts had a masterful 19-point and 14 rebounds day, but starting defender Raven Johnson and guardant Sania Feagin only had 4 mixed points, making it really difficult for nan Gamecocks to propulsion away.
South Carolina besides had a monolithic problem connected its hands, and it was named Syla Swords. Her past sanction is fitting for really she sliced done nan Gamecocks defense for 27 points, including an ice-cold step-back 3 pinch nan crippled connected nan line. Dawn Staley and her unit yet squeaked retired of Las Vegas victorious. However, they’ll request to set accelerated because a top-ten matchup pinch NC State awaits connected Sunday, November 10.
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Syla Swords leads a fearless freshmen people during their assemblage hoops debuts
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Another twelvemonth and different freshman people afloat of hoopers.
Syla Swords lead nan measurement Monday pinch an awesome 27 points and 12 rebounds successful her debut, conscionable nan third subordinate successful nan past 15 years to person that benignant of accumulation against South Carolina. But she wasn’t nan only freshman to show immoderate flashes of brilliance.
While truthful galore group person been rightfully talking astir JuJu Watkins and transportation Kiki Iriafen, Kennedy Smith was correct location successful nan mix, too. Smith had a coagulated 12 points, 7 rebounds and a block, perchance making her lawsuit to make USC’s move duo a large three.
Some different first-year players besides made waves, including No. 2 enlistee Joyce Edwards of South Carolina and Taj Roberts of Louisville, who scored 21 points, including 4 three-pointers, against UCLA.
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Notre Dame's Olivia Miles triumphant return to hoops pinch a triple-double
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Few assemblage hoops players person had a much challenging travel than Olivia Miles. Unfortunately, she hasn’t been capable to play regular play hoops since February 26, 2023, erstwhile she tore her correct ACL while playing Louisville.
But during Notre Dame’s play opener, thing held her backmost arsenic she glided her measurement to an effortless triple-double, nan 4th of her career. Per OptaStats, Olivia Miles is nan only NBA, WNBA aliases Division I subordinate successful nan past 25 years to miss an full play and past person a 20-point triple-double successful their first crippled backmost — unthinkable stuff.
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LSU's Kim Mulkey already successful mid-season form
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Where would assemblage hoops beryllium without Kim Mulkey content? You knew location was nary measurement we wouldn’t get excessively heavy into nan play without an outrageous outfit aliases Kim apt getting fired up astir something.
Amazingly, some person already happened. Kim promptly received a technical foul during an LSU triumph for arguing astir a complaint call, and she did it wearing a sequined sweater adorned pinch neon butterflies.
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