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People seem to keep forgetting about Gandy - for those who don’t know, she’s given UConn her verbal commitment. She’s a big from the high school class of 2025 and her high school roster now lists her as 6-6. Gandy averaging 18.7 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.9 blocks. Here are her stats, game by game. Her team is 17-2 and ranked #7 in NJ in their division.

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HuskyNan said:
People seem to keep forgetting about Gandy - for those who don’t know, she’s given UConn her verbal commitment. She’s a big from the high school class of 2025 and her high school roster now lists her as 6-6. Gandy averaging 18.7 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.9 blocks. Here are her stats, game by game. Her team is 17-2 and ranked #7 in NJ in their division.

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Gill St. Bernards is about 25 minutes away from where we live in Jersey so we are looking forward to going to see her play in the state tournament.
 
Oldude: absolutely..she runs very smoothly for her size. Looks like she is stronger than in pix
from Ireland. Make lay-ups/rebound/alter shots....be decent from the freethrow line...AND she has
over 18 months to improve in all those areas...I'm sold!
 
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HuskyNan said:
People seem to keep forgetting about Gandy - for those who don’t know, she’s given UConn her verbal commitment. She’s a big from the high school class of 2025 and her high school roster now lists her as 6-6. Gandy averaging 18.7 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.9 blocks. Here are her stats, game by game. Her team is 17-2 and ranked #7 in NJ in their division.

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Gandy is making PROGRESS!. Love those stats for points, rebounds, and blocks! Go Gandy, Go UCONN!
 
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Gusaford said:
I think we found our Cardosa.
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I was thinking the same thing. I went back and looked at some videos of Cardosa and felt saying Gandy plays like her doesn't do Cardosa justice. Cardoso's footwork on both offense and defense is solid and has been her entire college career. Strong at moving without ball, particularly on pick and rolls. Seems to know where ball will go on rebounds. Gandy, for having little experience, is doing well but still relying almost exclusively on her height, particularly on offense where she does not appear to have any shooting skills other than very short layups. Stands still alot and waits for ball versus going after it. Does anyone have any experience seeing Gandy play against skilled, equally tall bigs to test these thoughts? Don't know how to set my expectations from what could be to what likely will be.
 
HopJim said:
I was thinking the same thing. I went back and looked at some videos of Cardosa and felt saying Gandy plays like her doesn't do Cardosa justice. Cardoso's footwork on both offense and defense is solid and has been her entire college career. Strong at moving without ball, particularly on pick and rolls. Seems to know where ball will go on rebounds. Gandy, for having little experience, is doing well but still relying almost exclusively on her height, particularly on offense where she does not appear to have any shooting skills other than very short layups. Stands still alot and waits for ball versus going after it. Does anyone have any experience seeing Gandy play against skilled, equally tall bigs to test these thoughts? Don't know how to set my expectations from what could be to what likely will be.
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She has improved dramatically from a year ago; where will she be in another year? Even from the beginning of this high school season, she’s hustling more and going after balls instead of waiting for them. All of the above says “coachable” to me

Keep in mind, folks, we don’t see many games from most of the players on our list of possible recruits. We don’t necessarily know what league they play in or the quality of their competition. Having seen a lot of high school games in my time, I would venture to say most Division I prospects see the most competition in AAU instead. Gandy can only play the teams on her school’s schedule and she’s excelling in them.
 
HuskyNan said:
She has improved dramatically from a year ago; where will she be in another year? Even from the beginning of this high school season, she’s hustling more and going after balls instead of waiting for them. All of the above says “coachable” to me

Keep in mind, folks, we don’t see many games from most of the players on our list of possible recruits. We don’t necessarily know what league they play in or the quality of their competition. Having seen a lot of high school games in my time, I would venture to say most Division I prospects see the most competition in AAU instead. Gandy can only play the teams on her school’s schedule and she’s excelling in them.
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As someone, by the name of ,Thomas, once said, " Seeing is Believing" !
 
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HuskyNan said:
She has improved dramatically from a year ago; where will she be in another year? Even from the beginning of this high school season, she’s hustling more and going after balls instead of waiting for them. All of the above says “coachable” to me

Keep in mind, folks, we don’t see many games from most of the players on our list of possible recruits. We don’t necessarily know what league they play in or the quality of their competition. Having seen a lot of high school games in my time, I would venture to say most Division I prospects see the most competition in AAU instead. Gandy can only play the teams on her school’s schedule and she’s excelling in them.
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Does Gandy play for any AAU teams or has she ?
 
Really happy she is improving. Sounds like a great kid - seems to be a hard worker and coachable. Runs the floor well as others have mentioned. Also she started so raw that I think her improvement has been that much more noticeable. I'm cautiously optimistic. I'd like to see how she does on the AAU circuit or against better competition. Especially against Div 1 prospect centers.

The reason I say that in part is because - I watched Ice face off against Breya Cunningham in high school. Ice was a year older but both were elite centers. And both players looked really good against each other. Ice was ranked 5, Breya 14. Breya is a starter for Arizona averaging just 7.5 PPG and 5 RPG playing over 20 minutes per game. We've all been front and center for Ice's struggles, and slow but steady improvement.

I'm hopeful while still trying to be realistic. Given how long it takes high school centers to generally "get it" when moving up to college, it's hard to expect much from her year 1. Still, I'm thrilled we landed her, but it remains to be seen if she's more Tina Charles or Piath Gabriel.
 
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Gandy came to the U.S. in August 2022. By December, she was starting.

In December, the team lost a starter to injury and [Coach] Gnapp promoted Malou-Mamel. She had improved just as fast, if not faster, than any player he’d seen in his three decades of coaching.

Malou-Mamel took advantage of the new role and blossomed. She became more than just a rim protector and learned how to get out of opponents’ double teams in the post. Gnapp was so impressed that he kept Malou-Mamel in the starting five even when the previous starter came back from injury. She finished her sophomore season, her first in the U.S., averaging 7.5 points and 6.9 rebounds in 27 games.

"She’s the kid that’s the reason why you love coaching," Gnapp said. "This year we had a lot of good players, so it was hard to give everyone the minutes they wanted and especially Gandy at the beginning. But she was a kid that never complained, just worked hard every day. So, that’s why we love coaching. … She impacted me by just making me love coaching even more."

www.ctinsider.com

Behind Gandy Malou-Mamel’s 11-month journey from Ireland to NJ to UConn women’s basketball commitment

From Ireland to New Jersey: How and why Gandy Malou-Mamel committed to UConn women's basketball after just 11 months in the United States.
www.ctinsider.com www.ctinsider.com
 
CL82 said:
If you go GSB to see her play, let me know. If I can I'll head down there too.
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They are Non-Publc B so our best bet will bet the North Jersey Finals.
 
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