Greco chat online
UCLA junior guard Michelle Greco hosted an online chat Wednesday
at Pac-10.org.
Greco answered questions regarding her basketball aspirations,
how she prepared for this season and how her family helped
influence her playing style.
One interesting revelation came when Greco acknowledged that she
and her family have an obsession with the Weather Channel.
“I wouldn’t mind being a “˜weather woman’
if basketball doesn’t work out,” Greco said.
Greco also discussed how practicing against male players has
made her a tougher player.
“I remember my uncles fouling me so hard at times that
I’d fall into the bushes. They said it was a test of will. If
I was a player I’d bounce back up, and if I didn’t,
then I wasn’t.”
The entire transcripts of the chat can be read online at
www.pac-10.org.
Porter doubles the double-doubles
Sophomore forward Kristee Porter followed Thursday’s
13-point, 14-rebound performance against ASU with an 11-point,
16-rebound performance against Arizona on Sunday at Pauley
Pavilion, making her the first Bruin to record back to back
double-doubles since 1999.
Maylana Martin accomplished the feat in December of 1999 when
her 21-point, 11-rebound performance against Pepperdine followed
her 22-point, 19-rebound performance against San Diego State.
Martin was also the first Bruin to record back to back
double-doubles against Pac-10 opponents when she accomplished the
feat against Washington and USC in February 1999.
“I credit my rebounding to my jumping ability,”
Porter said. “It allows me to make up for a lot. I’m
also getting used to basketball which helps.”
Jones on the floor
Freshman forward Whitney Jones, a multi-sport starter who joined
the team after the soccer season ended and recently entered the
starting lineup, has been productive in ways that don’t show
up on the statistics sheet.
Jones has been consistently the first Bruin back in transition,
which has opened up the offense for the rest of the team.
She averaged 11 points against the Arizona teams last week, and
she has been gathering some serious floor burns with her gritty
defense.
Jones tied up the ball on three different occasions, as well as
grabbing nine rebounds and three steals against the Wildcats on
Sunday.
“She’s a hard worker. She’s been adding a
spark on her transition,” head coach Kathy Olivier said.
“She works so hard running down the floor that she opens
Greco up.”
Notes compiled by Scott Schultz, Daily Bruin Contributor.