Vs UND

[Tony Almeida]

It is on UND's fightinghawks website under schedule and then click on recap. Only 3:12 long. Fun to see the girls play well. I love all the players contributing this year and the bench play has been very good as well. Does Heaven Hamling get a another year next year? I would think she would like to play with her sister. I believe they only lose Taylor Brown next year and I think they have a nice recruiting class coming in. Looking forward to see how they do against the SD schools but I think next years team could really be good.

I think that was the plan with Heaven to play with her sister. Losing Taylor Brown next year is big. She can shoot the 3, she can post with good foot work, she seems to be the only one that uses shot fakes or pump fakes which is frustrating, and she has great awareness.

[bisonfan08]

Yes, Heaven gets one more year to make up for the Covid season. Taylor Brown is the only one we are losing and she is great but she's also a 5th year senior so she should be the most savvy of the group. I think Abbie Draper will continue to develop and can be that starting 4, she's already noticeably improved from game 1 this year until now. I think Avery Koenen that we signed has a chance to contribute early next year as well, she's a top 200 recruit and is very athletic for 6'2". I'd like to see Hildebrandt step up and play better, I thought she played decent last year but seems to have taken a step back this year. She's definitely more of a 4 than a 5 where she's had to play this year but with Marwa Bedziri coming off redshirt next year she could move back to the 4 and maybe contribute more as well.

I'm interested to see how it's all going to work because there's 14 girls on the roster already and 4 more coming in. Obviously we don't have that many scholarships, some incoming players may redshirt and take a 5 for 4 deal or maybe we see some other current players move on. Sophie Olson and Rachel Novak come to mind.

[tcbison]

I think that was the plan with Heaven to play with her sister. Losing Taylor Brown next year is big. She can shoot the 3, she can post with good foot work, she seems to be the only one that uses shot fakes or pump fakes which is frustrating, and she has great awareness.

Okay, let me rephrase this. The Bison women only lose 1 player next year and have a lot of returners with a bench that has been doing well with some new recruits coming in. I agree with bisonfan08 that Avery Koenen could really help this team next year.