Gandy Malou-Mamel article

[HuskyNan]

From August but I don’t remember seeing this before. It’s a free article so just X the pop-up ads

Ireland's latest teenage prospect set for first cap

6’4” 17-year-old Gandy Malou-Mamel from Limerick Celtic is getting her first senior cap on Saturday in a friendly against Austria at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght

www.irishexaminer.com

 

[EricLA]

Clearly they read the BY LOL

That the Huskies recently recruited a relatively unknown teenage girl from Munster proved even more intriguing and sent people scampering to Google the name Gandy Malou-Mamel.

Everyone seems to realize she's raw and hasn't played that long. It will be fascinating to see how she develops...

National coach James Weldon hadn’t even heard of her until alerted, by a friend in America, to the UConn deal.

He is at pains to stress how young she is and that he’s primarily brought her in acclimatise to the standard and culture of his senior team whose next major competition, the 2025 Eurobasket Qualifiers, starts on November 5-13.

But he will still struggle to quench the hype around a youngster who doesn’t turn 18 until Christmas and will join UConn in 2025, after completing two more years in an American high school.

Malou-Mamel plays it down herself, saying it’s her height and massive work-rate that’s got her to this point.

Gandy has a great attitude and work ethic. No matter how good she becomes, I suspect she will be a fan favorite and great addition to the team!!

 

[EricLA]

A great quote from Gandy which I should have included above. Goodness - what's not to love about 6'4"+ kid who runs the floor well, hustles all the time, dives on the floor for loose balls, and can keep up with players 1 foot shorter than her??!!!

She caught UConn’s eyes while playing particularly well defensively at one tournament in Texas.

“I think they just liked my persistence, my motor, being able to run. They just expect me to keep working as hard as I have been because I think that's what interested them so much, that I would dive for loose balls and could keep up with players who are 5’4.”

 

[Skeets]

A good thing she didn't go to the Fighting Irish