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OSU Women's Basketball Recruiting/Projections/General Discussions

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Courtesy of Mr. Ed at the Ozone
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Kevin McGuff, Ohio State head women’s basketball coach, today announced the signing of five of the premier prep prospects in the country to National Letters of Intent to play for the Buckeyes in 2014. The class, which includes one five and three four-star recruits, is ranked has high as No. 2 by ProspectsNation.com and Blue Star Basketball. The group includes four ESPN Top 100 prospects, including four from the state of Ohio and one Michigan native.

Headlining the class is the third-ranked overall player in ESPN’s Top 100 in Kelsey Mitchell, a 5-8 point guard from Princeton High School in Cincinnati, and sister Chelsea Mitchell, a 5-11 forward. Joining the Mitchell’s is 6-2 forward Makayla Waterman from Fairmont High School in Kettering, Ohio, who is ranked No. 69 overall by ESPN and the 14th best at her position. Rounding out the class is 5-7 point guard Asia Doss out of Detroit Country Day, ranked the 22nd best point guard in the country and 92nd overall, and Alexa Hart, a 6-3 forward from North Ridgeville, Ohio and Columbus Africentric, who is ranked 82nd overall by ESPN and the 16th best at her position.
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https://twitter.com/ASGR1995/statuses/415508777400815616
Bret McCormick @ASGR1995 said:
HC Kevin McGuff Ohio State picks up early Christmas gift. OSU gets 2 transfers. Kianna Holland 5-8 G Duke & Shayla Cooper 6-1 F Georgetown.
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Kianna Holland
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Duke Bio said:
One of the fastest and quickest players at Duke in a long time ... can play the point and two guard positions ... can play off the bounce and pushes the ball from foul line to foul line very quickly ... good decision making ... high basketball IQ ... has a very dangerous three-point shot ... can pressure the ball well.

Rankings: No. 23 (Girls Basketball Report), No. 35 (Blue Star Report), No. 32 (HoopGurlz), No. 42 (ASGR)

High School/AAU: Parade Magazine finalist for the National High School Player of the Year ... two-time All-Mountain Lakes Player of the Year in 2010 and 2012 … 2012 Region I-3A Player of the Year and three-time Region I-3A first team (2009, 2010, 2012) … Anderson Independent Mail first team in 2009, 2010 and 2012 … 2012 and 2013 SC All-State Team … three-time EBA All-American … totaled school records for career points (1,851), average points in a season (35.1), most free throws in a season (120), points in a season (574), points in a game (50), single-game field goals made (14) and single-game free throws made (16) ... owns school records in points in a game (50), points in a season (574), free throws in a season (120) and single game free throws (16) … averaged 35.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.5 assists as a senior ... missed the final seven games of her senior campaign due to surgery ... scored 40 or more points six times, including a 50-point outburst against Blacksburg, S.C. ... invited to play in the N.C./S.C. All-Star game and the Elite Basketball Showcase ... WBCA All-America Honorable Mention ... as a junior, averaged 23.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals … tallied eight 20+ point performances and four 30+ point games, including a season high 41 versus Hanna … had two double-doubles … did not play her sophomore year due to an injury … averaged 25.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 4.4 steals as a freshman … had 17 games with 20+ points during her freshman season, including a career high 46 against Belton-Honea Path … earned Region I-3A first team honors, Anderson Independent Mail All Area First team, All-Mountain Lakes Team Offensive Player of the Year and team co-captain as a freshman … Honorable Mention All-Mountain Lakes Player of the Year in 2009 …averaged 11.0 points as a starter in eighth grade … led her squad to the second round of the state playoffs … was the first Seneca eighth grader to earn All-Mountain Lakes team honors … lettered as a seventh grader on the varsity team ... invited to attend the 2012 U-17 World Championship trials and the 2011 U-16 National Team Trials.
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Shayla Cooper
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Georgetown Bio said:
A McDonald's All-American nominee helping Norcross High School to the 2013 State Championship as team captain ... Earned GACA AAAAA First Team All-State along with Second Team All-State honors from the GSWA AAAAA and the HJC AAAAA ... Named First Team All-County by the Gwinnett Tip-Off Club, the Gwinnett Daily Post and the HJC AAAAA ... A 2012 Georgia Super Six selection ... Earned a number of honors from the Gwinnett Tip-Off Club including Player of the Monday in November and December of 2012 as well as to the 2011 Tip-Off Top 25 and to the 2010 team as an honorable mention selection ... Named First Team Regent 7 AAAAA in 2011 and Second Team All-Region in 2010 ... High school team won the state championship for the 2010-11 season ... Played AAU ball with Essence Purple earning All-Tournament at the 2012 Oregon Nike Shootout and to the 2012 Boo Williams All-Tournament Team ... Was the 2009 Youth AAA Basketball National Championship MVP ... A four-year member of the honor roll.
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Blue Star
#35 Kianna Holland
#50 Shayla Cooper

Full Court
#31 Shayla Cooper
#32 Kianna Holland

Prospects Nation
#32 Kianna Holland
#35 Shayla Cooper

Hoopgurlz
#32 **** Kianna Holland
#35 **** Shayla Cooper

Holland was originally an early verbal to Ohio State as a Soph, she later decided she had made the decision too early and reopened her recruitment and ultimately signed with Duke.

Cooper was a starter for Georgetown this year as a freshman. It appears she decided to transfer because head coach Keith Brown was forced to resign.

She also gained some minor notoriety for this:
 
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http://www.guhoyas.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/111813aab.html

WASHINGTON - Georgetown University Women's Basketball Head Coach Jim Lewis announced today that freshman Shayla Cooper informed the University that she will no longer be part of the team and intends to transfer.

"Shayla has decided to transfer and we wish her the best," Lewis said. "She's an outstanding student and athlete and she has a very bright future. We appreciate the contributions she has made to the Georgetown program."

Cooper, a 6-2 forward from Norcross High School in Norcross, Ga., played in the first two games of the season for the Hoyas. She averaged 16.0 ppg and 8.5 rpg while managing 3.5 apg and 32.5 minutes per contest.

Cooper's status as a member of the Georgetown women's basketball team was incorrectly communicated on Sunday. She was not suspended. She informed the University of her intent to transfer on Saturday evening prior to Sunday's game against Cal. She leaves the team in good standing.
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Very unusual to see that kind of production and then a transfer after only two games. Interested to hear the back story on this one.
 
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Found these quotes on a message board regarding Shayla:

Best to reserve opinions on this one. Lots of negative stuff going on here. The head coach and one ass't coach are suspended for unprofessional conduct and language issues.
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Current coach is Jim Lewis, technically an interim. Well thought of, long term, college head coach and WNBA assistant. He is north of 65 by a couple of years, lives nearby, so they hired him. The assistant was exonerated.
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Lewis is not the coach who recruited her. End of back story IMO. Looks like a real winner. And since she quit two games in should be ready to go early next season.
 
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Why would Holland want to come to tOSU when Mitchell is coming in as the #1 PG in the nation? I understand depth from tOSU perspective, but why would a kid that got a schollie from Duke (high scholarship, high performance), and is from South Carolina want to come to our place. Not saying don't want her, just seems a bit curious to me. Is she a SG as well? Quick is good, no, make that great. W/o playing a game at Duke she left, and no one knows who the heck the new coach is. Dunno, any thoughts?

Go Bucks. PS, watched the men's game today. Are Katie Smith and Jantel Lavender's jerseys hung from the rafters as well? Thanks.
 
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calibuck said:
Why would Holland want to come to tOSU when Mitchell is coming in as the #1 PG in the nation? I understand depth from tOSU perspective, but why would a kid that got a schollie from Duke (high scholarship, high performance), and is from South Carolina want to come to our place. Not saying don't want her, just seems a bit curious to me. Is she a SG as well? Quick is good, no, make that great. W/o playing a game at Duke she left, and no one knows who the heck the new coach is. Dunno, any thoughts?

Go Bucks. PS, watched the men's game today. Are Katie Smith and Jantel Lavender's jerseys hung from the rafters as well? Thanks.
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Personally, I have no idea why Holland is transferring to Ohio State because in addition to Mitchell we have a number of underclassmen who can also play point guard. The women's team needs post players more than anything but you can never have enough good guards if you have enough room on your roster. Plus, maybe she has seen DickieV wandering aimlessly around the Duke campus yelling "I love Coach K" or perhaps she likes snow. I really do not know and you bring up a good point.

Thanks for tuning in on the men's game yesterday evening. You probably should do that more often:wink: Ohio State has not retired any of the women's jerseys so none are hanging from the rafters. I think if they do get around to doing that Katie's number would go up there first.
 
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LitlBuck said:
Personally, I have no idea why Holland is transferring to Ohio State because in addition to Mitchell we have a number of underclassmen who can also play point guard. The women's team needs post players more than anything but you can never have enough good guards if you have enough room on your roster. Plus, maybe she has seen DickieV wandering aimlessly around the Duke campus yelling "I love Coach K" or perhaps she likes snow. I really do not know and you bring up a good point.

Thanks for tuning in on the men's game yesterday evening. You probably should do that more often:wink: Ohio State has not retired any of the women's jerseys so none are hanging from the rafters. I think if they do get around to doing that Katie's number would go up there first.
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I could have sworn Smith's number was up there already. Suprising that it isn't! Wasn't she the player of the year which is the qualification?
 
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