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Ohio State women’s basketball 2023-24 player preview: Karla Vreš
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How the Croatian forward can have an impact for the Buckeyes in her graduate season.
Before the 22-23 season, the Ohio State women’s basketball team brought in two forwards from the transfer portal. The first was highlighted in the last player preview, with Las Vegas, Nevada native Eboni Walker. The other hails from a bit further away in the nation of Croatia.
Karla Vreš didn’t make an impact on the court last year and may not see much more time this year, but still plays an important role for the Buckeyes.
Name: Karla Vreš
Position: Forward
Class: Graduate senior
High School: Jensen Gymnasium Sodra (Zagreb, Croatia)
2022-23 Stats: 9 appearances with 18 minutes played
Vreš transferred to the Buckeyes from American University where the Patriot League side used Vreš as a bench role-player. After earning the most minutes in the forward’s NCAA career (238), Vreš joined Ohio State.
It was a jump for the multi-lingual European in competition, game speed and more. Vreš didn’t make it into too many contests playing behind Walker and fellow European Rebeka Mikulášiková.
Of Vreš’ nine appearances, none of them featured the forward for more than three minutes and all but one of her nine appearances were when the Buckeyes were ahead cruising to victories. The lone time Ohio State lost was a one-sided affair in Columbus with the Indiana Hoosiers defeating the Buckeyes 83-59.
Before coming to the scarlet and gray, Vreš showed an ability to play inside and make mid-to-long range shots. Vreš hit 29 threes in two seasons before the transfer, good for 39.7% efficiency. Defensively, Vreš was also third on the 21-22 American squad in blocks in 21 games and two starts.
On the court, there isn’t going to be many minutes for Vreš. Ohio State’s gotten better in the paint this offseason, adding Michigan State transfer forward Taiyier Parks. That, and Walker returning for a final season, put Vreš further down the depth chart. However, the student athlete can make an impact off the court.
While its likely that Mikulášiková, Parks and Walker rotate their minutes on the court, there’s a center on the bench who will benefit from having Vreš next to her: Freshman Faith Carson.
Vreš hasn’t played much, but she’s practiced a full season and offseason with the Buckeyes. The Academic All-Big Ten and OSU Scholar Athlete can help Carson understand the system from watching on the sideline, with Carson also likely taking the first year to observe her fellow players in the post.
If Carson has a question, there’s someone who understands the system next to her in Vreš.
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ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
How the Croatian forward can have an impact for the Buckeyes in her graduate season.
Before the 22-23 season, the Ohio State women’s basketball team brought in two forwards from the transfer portal. The first was highlighted in the last player preview, with Las Vegas, Nevada native Eboni Walker. The other hails from a bit further away in the nation of Croatia.
Karla Vreš didn’t make an impact on the court last year and may not see much more time this year, but still plays an important role for the Buckeyes.
Name: Karla Vreš
Position: Forward
Class: Graduate senior
High School: Jensen Gymnasium Sodra (Zagreb, Croatia)
2022-23 Stats: 9 appearances with 18 minutes played
Last Season
Vreš transferred to the Buckeyes from American University where the Patriot League side used Vreš as a bench role-player. After earning the most minutes in the forward’s NCAA career (238), Vreš joined Ohio State.
It was a jump for the multi-lingual European in competition, game speed and more. Vreš didn’t make it into too many contests playing behind Walker and fellow European Rebeka Mikulášiková.
Of Vreš’ nine appearances, none of them featured the forward for more than three minutes and all but one of her nine appearances were when the Buckeyes were ahead cruising to victories. The lone time Ohio State lost was a one-sided affair in Columbus with the Indiana Hoosiers defeating the Buckeyes 83-59.
What to Expect
Before coming to the scarlet and gray, Vreš showed an ability to play inside and make mid-to-long range shots. Vreš hit 29 threes in two seasons before the transfer, good for 39.7% efficiency. Defensively, Vreš was also third on the 21-22 American squad in blocks in 21 games and two starts.
Prediction
On the court, there isn’t going to be many minutes for Vreš. Ohio State’s gotten better in the paint this offseason, adding Michigan State transfer forward Taiyier Parks. That, and Walker returning for a final season, put Vreš further down the depth chart. However, the student athlete can make an impact off the court.
While its likely that Mikulášiková, Parks and Walker rotate their minutes on the court, there’s a center on the bench who will benefit from having Vreš next to her: Freshman Faith Carson.
Vreš hasn’t played much, but she’s practiced a full season and offseason with the Buckeyes. The Academic All-Big Ten and OSU Scholar Athlete can help Carson understand the system from watching on the sideline, with Carson also likely taking the first year to observe her fellow players in the post.
If Carson has a question, there’s someone who understands the system next to her in Vreš.
Miss a player preview? Here’s who you can read about so far:
- Jacy Sheldon
- Rebeka Mikulášiková
- Diana Collins
- Taiyier Parks
- Rikki Harris
- Taylor Thierry
- Kennedy Cambridge
- Faith Carson
- Madison Greene
- Celeste Taylor
- Emma Shumate
- Kaia Henderson
- Eboni Walker
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