Women's college basketball: Where former Oregon/SW Washington prep stars play in 2018-19

FORMER LOCAL PREP STARS IN WOMEN'S D-I COLLEGE BASKETBALL, 2018-19

A few dozen Oregon and Southwest Washington high school graduates are playing Division I women's college basketball this winter.

Pictured above is former South Salem standout Evina Westbrook, who's now starring at Tennessee (photo by Erik C. Anderson).

Here they are, and how they're faring this season.

If you know of any local women playing Division I not on this list, please email Mike Swanson at mswanson@oregonian.com.

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Kate Andersen, Jesuit

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College: Portland

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5-9 junior guard

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Andersen is averaging 5.7 points per game and scored a season-high 18 on Dec. 29 at Pepperdine, where she hit all three of her three-point attempts.

Photo: Mike Tokito

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Abby Anderson, Glencoe

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College: Montana

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6-2 freshman forward

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After redshirting in 2017-18, Anderson has played in every game this season as a reserve, averaging 1.6 points and rebounds per game.

Photo: Kent Frasure

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Ashley Bolston, South Medford

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College: Portland State

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6-2 senior guard

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Bolston is the second-leading scorer for the Vikings, averaging 13.8 points per game. She's also second on the team in rebounding (6.0 per game) and minutes (33.8 per game). She made the All-Big Sky second team in 2017-18.

Photo: Mike Zacchino

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Peyton Carroll, Clackamas

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College: Northern Arizona

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6-2 junior forward

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Carroll, a member of the Big Sky All-Academic team, is averaging 5.4 points per game, including a season-high 18 on Jan. 3 against Weber State.

Photo: Thomas Boyd

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Jessica Chatman, Union/Camas

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College: Southern Utah

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6-0 sophomore forward

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A transfer from BYU, Chatman is averaging 5.3 points per game in her redshirt sophomore season. She scored a season-high 13 points and grabbed a season-high nine rebounds Jan. 12 against Northern Arizona.

Photo: Southern Utah athletics

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Megan Dailey, Centennial

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College: North Dakota

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5-8 senior guard

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Dailey has battled health problems in her two seasons since transferring from the College of the Siskiyous, logging just 26 minutes overall.

Photo: Darrin Seipp

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Melissa Dailey, Centennial

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College: North Dakota

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5-8 senior guard

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Melissa Dailey, twin sister of Megan Dailey, took the same path to Grand Forks as her sister, via College of the Siskiyous. Melissa Daily has played 19 games in 2018-19, starting one, and is averaging 6.3 points per game.

Photo: Darrin Seipp

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Karley Eaton, Mark Morris/Longview

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College: UC Davis

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5-9 senior guard

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Eaton, a two-time academic All-American, is averaging 4.5 points per game, including a season-high 12 points and five steals Dec. 17 against Saint Mary's.

Photo: UC Davis athletics

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Kourtney Eaton, Mark Morris/Longview

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College: UC Davis

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5-9 senior guard

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Just like her twin sister, Eaton is a two-time academic All-American. The point guard is averaging 5.6 points per game and is by far the team leader in assists with 73 (her sister is second with 43).

Photo: UC Davis athletics

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Maggie Freeman, Southridge

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College: Boise State

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5-11 freshman guard

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Freeman hasn't seen any playing time for the 12-2 Mountain West-leading Broncos.

Photo: Chase Allgood

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Emma Gibb, Western Mennonite

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College: UC Davis

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6-2 sophomore center

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After suffering a season-ending injury in 2017-18, Gibb hasn't played much in 2018-19. She played a season-high seven minutes Dec. 29 against Dominican, scoring a season-high six points and grabbing four rebounds (three of them on the offensive end).

Photo: Courtesy of Rad Photography

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Aleah Goodman, La Salle

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College: Oregon State

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5-9 sophomore guard

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Goodman is shooting 44 percent from the field and 45 percent from three-point range and hasn't missed any of her 12 free-throw attempts in her second season with the Beavers. She's averaging 9.3 points per game coming off the bench for No. 10-ranked Oregon State.

Photo: Sean Meagher

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Desirae Hansen, Rainier

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College: Portland

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6-0 freshman guard

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Hansen is averaging 6.8 points and 5.4 rebounds in 20.8 minutes per game in her first college basketball season. She scored a season-high 22 points in her collegiate debut Nov. 9 against Warner Pacific.

Photo: Miles Vance

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Sydney Hunter, McNary

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College: San Diego

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6-0 sophomore forward

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After playing sparingly as a freshman, Hunter has made big strides in 2018-19, starting every game for the Toreros. She's averaging 9.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.

Photo: Andrea Corradini

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Kaelin Immel, Southridge

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College: Air Force

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5-9 sophomore guard

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After being named the 2017-18 Mountain West freshman of the year, Immel continues to star for Air Force in her sophomore season. She's averaging a team-leading 11.4 points per game and has grabbed 4.2 rebounds per game.

Photo: Kent Frasure

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Ciara James, Clackamas

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College: Weber State

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6-2 freshman forward

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James is averaging 2.1 points per game in her first season of college basketball. She scored a season-high seven Jan. 12 against Portland State and grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds Nov. 9 against La Verne.

Photo: Todd Veenhuis

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Caitlin Malvar, West Linn

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College: Northern Arizona

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5-9 sophomore guard

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Malvar, who sat out the 2017-18 season after transferring from Puget Sound, earned a starting job with Northern Arizona in early December. She's averaging 6.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

Photo: Miles Vance

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Katie Mayhue, South Albany

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College: Montana

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5-10 freshman guard

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Mayhue has started eight games in her first collegiate season, averaging 8.9 points per game while shooting 41 percent from the field. She played a season-high 42 minutes Jan. 3 at Sacramento State, scoring 17 points on 5-for-10 shooting from three-point range.

Photo: Ken Waz

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Martina McCowan, Saint Mary's

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College: Long Beach State

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5-10 senior guard

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McCowan, the 49ers' lone senior, had to be carried off the court with an injury Nov. 18 against Nevada and hasn't returned to action.

Photo: Thomas Boyd

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Katie McWilliams, South Salem

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College: Oregon State

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6-2 senior guard

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McWilliams has played big minutes for the Beavers every season since her freshman year. She was named Pac-12 honorable mention in 2017-18, and she's averaging nine points per game in her senior season.

Photo: Associated Press

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Alexis Meyer, Westview

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College: Loyola-Chicago

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5-11 sophomore guard

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Meyer has missed most of the season with a knee injury, but she's played Loyola-Chicago's last four games. She got a big boost in minutes Jan. 18 against Evansville, playing 25 minutes and scoring 13 points while grabbing seven rebounds.

Photo: Billy Gates

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Maddie Muhlheim, Sunset

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College: Portland

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5-7 sophomore guard

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Muhlheim has started all but two of the Pilots' games, and the sharpshooter scored a season-high 20 points in one of the two games she didn't start (Jan. 5 against Saint Mary's). She's averaging 9.3 points per game and has made 34 three-pointers, a year after breaking the school's freshman record with 48 made three-pointers.

Photo: Danny Moran

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Lauren Orndoff, South Medford

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College: Northern Arizona

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5-10 sophomore guard

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Orndoff is having a solid sophomore season on a team loaded with players from Oregon. She has started every game for the Lumberjacks, averaging 10.1 points per game (third on the team behind fellow Oregonian Khiarica Rasheed), and is shooting 46 percent from the field and 43 percent from three-point range.

Photo: Larry Stauth Jr.

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Rose Pflug, Sunset

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College: Pepperdine

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5-11 sophomore guard

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Pflug is averaging 5.7 points and shooting 40 percent from three-point range in her sophomore season in Malibu, California. She scored a season-high 17 points on 3-of-7 shooting from three-point range Dec. 29 against Portland.

Photo: Serena Morones

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Lexie Pritchard, West Linn

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College: Santa Clara

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5-10 freshman guard

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The younger sister of Oregon Ducks point guard Payton Pritchard, Lexie Pritchard has played in all 16 of Santa Clara's games, starting two of them. She's averaging 5.8 points per game and shooting 43 percent from the field.

Photo: Miles Vance

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Nina Radford, Grant

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College: Northern Arizona

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6-0 sophomore forward

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Radford transferred to Northern Arizona in 2018 after playing 10.2 minutes per game as a freshman at UC Santa Barbara.

Photo: Kent Frasure

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Khiarica Rasheed, Grant

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College: Northern Arizona

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5-11 sophomore forward

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After being one of two players to appear in all 30 Northern Arizona games in 2017-18, Rasheed is starring for the Lumberjacks as a sophomore. The Big Sky academic All-American has started all 14 games and is second on the team with 11.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.

Photo: Kent Frasure

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Andie Ritter, South Medford

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College: UC Irvine

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6-0 senior guard

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Ritter has been one of the Anteaters' best players this season, starting all 13 games she's played in and averaging 12.2 points per game while shooting 40 percent from three-point range. She's been a four-year starter at UC Irvine.

Photo: UC Irvine athletics

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Keyari Sleezer, South Medford

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College: Pepperdine

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5-11 senior guard

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Sleezer has played in six games this season, averaging 2.5 points off the bench. She's played in 88 games during her Pepperdine career.

Photo: Mike Zacchino

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Jordan Stotler, Roseburg

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College: Portland State

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6-4 junior forward

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Stotler has started all 13 games for the Vikings, averaging 5.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.

Photo: Pete Christopher

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Julissa Tago, South Medford

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College: Hawaii

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5-9 junior guard

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Tago has started the past six games for Hawaii and is averaging 7.9 points per game. She scored a season-high 24 points Dec. 29 at Nevada. She made the Big West All-Freshman Team two seasons ago.

Photo: Mike Zacchino

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Sai Tapasa, Central

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College: Idaho State

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6-2 junior forward

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Tapasa has started all 15 games for Idaho State in 2018-19, averaging 9.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.

Photo: Idaho State athletics

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Hannah Thompson, Santiam and Mazama

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College: Cal State Fullerton

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5-7 senior guard

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Thompson started 20 of 28 games for the Titans as a junior after transferring from College of the Siskiyous, averaging 12.4 points per game. Her production has dipped a bit her senior year, as she's averaging 7.9 points per game on 36 percent shooting while starting 13 of the team's 14 games.

Photo: Cal State Fullerton athletics

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Maddi Utti, Seaside

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College: Fresno State

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5-11 sophomore forward

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After making the Mountain West All-Freshman Team in 2017-18 and starting 29 of 32 games, Utti has gotten even better in her sophomore year. She's started every game for the Bulldogs, averaging 11 points and 6.4 rebounds while shooting 55 percent from the field and 93 percent from the free-throw line.

Photo: Fresno State athletics

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Cierra Walker, Oregon City

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College: Vanderbilt

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5-8 junior guard

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Walker, a starting guard for the Commodores, is averaging 11.2 points per game this season. She leads the team in minutes per game (she's played all 40 minutes five times) and had a season-high 25 points Nov. 25 against Presbyterian.

Photo: Michael Lloyd

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Taycee Wedin, La Salle

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College: Saint Mary's

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5-9 freshman guard

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Wedin is seeing consistent minutes in her first college basketball season. She is scoring 6.4 points per game and shooting 40 percent from three-point range for Saint Mary's. Of the 73 shots she's attempted, 63 have been from three-point range. Only four of her 29 field goals have been from two-point range.

Photo: Andrea Corradini

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Evina Westbrook, South Salem

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College: Tennessee

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6-0 sophomore guard

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Westbrook has started every game for the Volunteers, averaging 16.3 points and 5.2 assists per game. She made the All-SEC Freshman Team in 2017-18, and the former No. 2-ranked recruit in the nation appears likely to make the All-SEC Team in her sophomore season.

Photo: Associated Press

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Halle Wright, Cascade

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College: Montana State

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6-0 freshman forward

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Wright has gotten consistent minutes in her freshman season, averaging 3.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. She had a season-high 10 points and seven rebounds Jan. 10 against Idaho.

Photo: Chase Allgood

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Bendu Yeaney, Saint Mary's Academy

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College: Indiana

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5-10 sophomore guard

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After starting all 36 Indiana games as a freshman and scoring 8.4 points per game, Yeaney has continued to steer the Hoosiers' offense in 2018-19, averaging 9.8 points in 32 minutes per game.

Photo: Serena Morones

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