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Northwest-Shoals Women's Basketball will hit the hardwood with experience, depth, size, and speed. The Patriot's will bring in experience from seven sophomores that either started or played in majority of the games as freshmen last season. Returning leading scorer and All-Region guard, Brandi Burris as well as All-Region, defensive specialist Jamie Chambers . Assisting Chambers and Burris at the wing will be sharp shooter, Tanna Benford and Aviance Oden . Benford will be coming off of ACL surgery this summer and has worked extremely hard to be back mid October. She is a true competitor and leads the team daily by performance and effort. The Patriot's will look to Benford for strong outside shooting. Oden brings in speed and solid athletic ability. She is a strong rebounder and can score from anywhere on the floor. Running the point for NWS will be |
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sophomores Adrienne Marsh and transfer Maryam Kirk . Both bring in explosiveness and strong scoring ability. Marsh and Kirk are competitors and will set the tempo for a run and gun style of play. In the post is 6'3 sophomore Kendra Jackson . Jackson led the team as a freshman in rebounds and blocked shots. Expectations for Kendra are set high this season, the only sophomore post with lots of talented freshmen looking to her for guidance. She brings size, speed, and strong shooting to the squad.
The NWS Coaching staff is excited about the talented freshmen group coming in this season. Assisting at the point guard position will be very athletic and explosive, Chasity Stover and defensive specialist Chasitey Garner . At the wing position will be Paige Hood who brings solid outside shooting and Tanner High School stand out Whitley Mayberry . Mayberry's speed and athletic ability fits in exactly with the Patriots run and gun tempo. Making the transition from high school post to a college wing is 5'10 Abbey McAdams . McAdams is a very knowledgeable player of the game and offers great hustle, outside shooting and solid rebounding. Assisting Jackson in the paint will be 6'4 Aisha Forman , 6'2 Lauren Young , 6'1 Kendra Hood , Jewell Kinlaw , and 6'0 Hope Davidson and Antoinette Chavous . The six freshmen post will provide speed from Chavous , Davidson , and Kinlaw , size from Forman and Young and strength from Kendra Hood .
Sky is the limit for this talented group of young ladies. The expectations have been raised and the goals have been set, now time will only tell!
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Northwest-Shoals Community College
800 George Wallace BLVD.
P.O. Box 2545
Muscle Shoals, AL 35662
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(256) 331-5466
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(256) 331-6201
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