I like Audi quite a bit, and watched whatever film there was of her in high school. I wondered if she’d have the speed and stamina for the D1 game. And I was pleased to see Fennelly take a chance on her. Her freshman year has turned out as well as anyone could have expected.
She has a few formidable skills on offense, and she is limited on defense. She is unstoppable if she gets the ball in the low post and it is really hard to keep her out of there. She’s very strong. And unless you block the entry pass entirely, she will get it and score. Her hands are just too strong. She can be good passer, but so far that is limited to kicking the ball out from the low post and there’s hardly any reason for her to do that currently.
She can rebound well but so far she isn’t real good at playing the position game. Her feet aren’t quick enough for that and it shows on the defensive glass. I suspect she’ll grow in this area. But once she gets her hands on the ball, she owns it.
On defense, she doesn’t expend much energy, hardly contests anything outside the low post and can be a matador for quicker guards. A skilled post player with good interior moves can score one her with ease. I expect we’ll see this against Stanford. She won’t be able to stop Brink and Iriafen, but I doubt they’ll be able to stop her.
She is a bit like Pili, who has similarly strong hands. But Pili has much better quickness, has more low post moves, and is a pretty good outside shooter. What’s more Pili is a good all around defender. Audi may develop more of these skills in time.
