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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 3195728, member: 6620"] Article by Anthony Anderson of the South Bend Tribune who covers ND Women's Basketball. Not much new about the Jordan Nixon situation, but I've cut and pasted how this impacts the current ND roster. [URL="https://www.ndinsider.com/basketball/womens/notre-dame-point-guard-nixon-to-transfer/article_8dcff330-eee5-511f-a087-83ce2288cb1c.html"]Notre Dame point guard Nixon to transfer[/URL] "(Jordan) Nixon’s departure leaves the Irish with just nine scholarship players, though with six guards still among them. "Those guards include incoming freshman Anaya Peoples, who besides being the overall No. 18-rated prospect in her class by ESPN is also ranked No. 4 among point guards. "ND also has brought aboard a pair of graduate transfers at guard in Destinee Walker and Marta Snizek, both renowned for defense. "Returning guards include sophomores-to-be Abby Prohaska and Katlyn Gilbert, who is coming off shoulder surgery, and senior, Kaitlin Cole, a former walk-on who is coming off knee surgery and entering her senior season. "Listed as frontcourt players for the Irish are just junior center Mikayla Vaughn, sophomore Danielle Cosgrove and freshman Samantha Brunelle, who arrives as the overall No. 6-rated prospect in her class by ESPN. "Brunelle and Cosgrove, though listed as forwards, are generally considered wings, with outside shots being part of their arsenals." A few points (of mine) to add: - Sniezek is a point guard and was more of a pass-first one on offense while at Stanford. - One would guess Anaya Peoples or Katlyn Gilbert, who has also manned the point for her HS and AAU teams, would back up/work with Sniezek at the point. When talking with Anderson about Peoples after she signed, MM stressed Peoples would be playing other guard positions (she's awfully good inside), but changing situations dictate different approaches, no? - Currently, the scholarship situation for 2020-21 adds another post/forward (Nat Marshall) and a guard wing (Alli Campbell), minus PG Sniezek, for a (current) total of 10. Hopefully, those 10 will stay steady and be augmented by other prospects. - Back to 2019-20, if she's ready and able, would not be surprised if manager-turned walk-on guard Nicole Benz is once again asked to put the sneakers on to bring roster size to ten. (She was the third of the walk-ons to join the the NC team, who also played last year.) [/QUOTE]

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