My wife and I drove from Anaconda to watch the B tourney in Billings last weekend. I am a soccer guy and really don't know hoops but I think Sophie Stiles:
is a heady player;
is an excellent 3-point shooter;
is a great free throw shooter;
has a fine attitude - not a showboater and certainly is a team player;
is a better passer than any guard we have had for quite a while;
is a nice 1-2 combo with Haley Nicholson's little sister (Jada - also a senior at Malta);
played with defensive players in her face everywhere she went on the court;
will be a crowd favorite (can I say cutie without being accused of something?); and
has reasonable height for a guard at 5-9.
I couldn't judge her jumping ability, her quickness by D-1 standards (she is quick), or whether she has the strength to take the pounding of D-1 ball. But, I am looking forward to the drive to Missoula to watch her play.
Jada Nicholson (senior, Malta) is also a very good player - really hustles on defense and does a nice job of getting open for Sophie's bullet passes. Does a great job of defending the passing lanes.
You Missoula people have a fine young player on the Loyola men's team - Jack Lincoln is 6-5 (I think) and had 37 points in the game I watched - nice job for a sophomore.
Anyone else have any comments - particularly, what are the thoughts on the Fairfield girl Klinker who signed with the Idaho Vandals - she is a 6-1 inside player with a lot of strength but not the extra weight.
is a heady player;
is an excellent 3-point shooter;
is a great free throw shooter;
has a fine attitude - not a showboater and certainly is a team player;
is a better passer than any guard we have had for quite a while;
is a nice 1-2 combo with Haley Nicholson's little sister (Jada - also a senior at Malta);
played with defensive players in her face everywhere she went on the court;
will be a crowd favorite (can I say cutie without being accused of something?); and
has reasonable height for a guard at 5-9.
I couldn't judge her jumping ability, her quickness by D-1 standards (she is quick), or whether she has the strength to take the pounding of D-1 ball. But, I am looking forward to the drive to Missoula to watch her play.
Jada Nicholson (senior, Malta) is also a very good player - really hustles on defense and does a nice job of getting open for Sophie's bullet passes. Does a great job of defending the passing lanes.
You Missoula people have a fine young player on the Loyola men's team - Jack Lincoln is 6-5 (I think) and had 37 points in the game I watched - nice job for a sophomore.
Anyone else have any comments - particularly, what are the thoughts on the Fairfield girl Klinker who signed with the Idaho Vandals - she is a 6-1 inside player with a lot of strength but not the extra weight.