After a foot harm derailed her fourth yr, Kayleigh Truong used her fifth yr of eligibility to point out faculty basketball followers that when you may wish to shade over to her sister, Kaylynne, doing so will open you as much as a world of damage.
Try her statistics from the 23-24’ season:
Averaged 12.1 factors per sport
Scored greater than 20 factors in 5 completely different video games this season
Drained 76 three pointers, which ranks eight in Gonzaga historical past
Made 39.6% of her threes, which ranks sixth for the Bulldogs and thirty fourth within the NCAA in 23-24’
Had a real taking pictures share of 58.7%, which ranks tenth for the Zags
Dished out 153 assists, which ranks ninth in Gonzaga historical past
And whereas her 23-24’ season efficiency was one of the best in Gonzaga profession, she nonetheless managed to common 20+ minutes per sport every season throughout which era she performed ok to rank 4th all time in profession threes with 184 and profession assists with 484.
When fascinated with her finest sport this previous season, you wouldn’t be improper to consider her profession excessive 25 factors in opposition to Liberty in November or about her Spherical of 32 dominance in opposition to Utah that noticed her drop 21 together with 7 rebounds, however I personally take into consideration her efficiency in Gonzaga’s second matchup in opposition to Pacific in mid-February.
The 2 aforementioned video games clearly spotlight Kayleigh’s taking pictures potential as she not solely scored a mixed 46, however did it with excessive effectivity as she went 13-19 general and 8-11 from past the arc. Nevertheless, I don’t suppose they don’t fairly spotlight her true expertise: studying the ground and realizing when to interact her teammates in comparison with taking the lead.
In these earlier two matchups, Kayleigh solely contributed 5 assists whereas committing 3 turnovers. Within the sport in opposition to Pacific, she dished out 10 dimes and with solely 2 turnovers. These assists instantly led to 26 factors by her teammates and that quantity may presumably be greater since I’m solely counting the play-play descriptions of the sport that received’t embody teammates making foul pictures from probabilities created. Positive, she won’t have scored too many, simply reaching her season common of 12, however Kayleigh did it effectively by taking pictures 4-6 general and 3-5 from deep.
As a coach, to have that type of participant able to contributing to her staff’s success in varied methods, should really feel like having a heat blanket from the dryer on a chilly night. As such, I’ll conclude this text with a play we should have seen one million occasions this season:
