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PROVO \u2014 What a distinction two weeks could make.
Simply over two weeks in the past, the BYU ladies’s basketball workforce was coming off a humbling 67-53 road loss to Kansas<\/a>, when Taiyanna Jackson had a 25-point, 22-rebound double-double and the Jayhawks humbled the Cougars on the glass 47-29.
It was a part of a three-game shedding streak and a 2-8 begin to this system’s Large 12 period that ended with a aggressive however finally fruitless 76-69 loss to No. 23 West Virginia<\/a>, a loss that prompted head coach Amber Whiting to unload on her workforce in locker room.
Whiting did not reveal an excessive amount of in regards to the postgame assembly, however the coach was visibly annoyed when she met with the media after the loss. Actually, the workforce’s 23 turnovers have been a key sticking level.
However three video games later, the Cougars (15-11, 5-8 Large 12) are driving a lot larger after a shocking 78-66 win over then-No. 18 Baylor<\/a> and back-to-back road wins over Cincinnati<\/a> and UCF<\/a>.
Key to the run has been BYU’s "Large 3" in this system’s all-time rebounding chief Lauren Gustin and the freshmen backcourt tandem of Amari Whiting and Kailey Woolston.
Gustin has averaged 22.0 factors and 17.0 rebounds through the three-game stretch whereas incomes Big 12 player of the week honors<\/a>, Whiting added 11.6 factors, 6.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists en path to league freshman of the week, and Woolston shot 19-of-32 from the sector for 17.3 factors to associate with 5.5 factors and a couple of.6 assists per recreation through the run.
"I really feel like they’re studying the way to win, and studying the way to win within the Large 12 is totally different than studying the way to win in different conferences," the second-year BYU coach stated. "The Large 12 is hard, particularly once you go on the street and play in opposition to these actually good groups. We’re nonetheless actually younger on the guard line, and as of late, each Amari and Woolston have made some actually good selections."<\/p>\n