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Message: [QUOTE="eebmg, post: 3712786, member: 7548"] A few more quotes from Kia Nurse and the Canadian National Team Coach Lisa Thomaidis [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-women-aaliyah-edwards-20201022-20201022-mmspxthdi5d6bjw5koebq545q4-story.html[/URL] “She’s got a whole lot of talent, a whole lot of upside," Kia Nurse, a UConn alum who’s played with Edwards for Canada Basketball, told media in August. "She’s athletic, she’s going to be on the boards, she’s a hard worker and she’s a great learner, so they’ll be getting a good one at UConn.” Lisa Thomaidis, the head coach of the senior Canadian national team and the women’s team at the University of Saskatchewan, says Edwards is extremely athletic, can attack the rim and is a force on the glass with the potential to become a “world-class rebounder.” The way that Edwards takes her game and her development so seriously, Thomaidis added, makes her seem older than she is — an on-court maturity that would be a huge boost for the Huskies. “I think the typical freshmen feel a bit of the shell shock around, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m playing with players who are three and four years older than me in college,'" Thomaidis told The Courant this week. “She’s been there, she’s done that. She’s played against some very mature athletes and people who have a very mature game, so I think that [experience] will really, really help her.” I think we should all remember how seamlessly Kia Nurse stepped into her (starter) role as a Freshman. Is Aaliyah that far behind? [/QUOTE]

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