That is where she most obviously fits into the lineup, though, right up to the point of Taylor starting every game last year and Myles starting every game that she played for Illinois. Now, given the timeline with Marquette’s season ending on March 21st, is it possible that Duffy was well aware of Taylor’s thought process by the time that things got started with Myles? Sure, but we just can’t say that Myles was specifically recruited to replace Taylor. Myles made her commitment to the Golden Eagles on April 1st, while Taylor didn’t announce that she was transferring until April 12th and didn’t announcer her commitment to Virginia until May 2nd. It’s easy to look at Kennedi Myles’ career averages of 8.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 1.8 steals per game along with her eight and say “ah, yes, this is a recruiting job that Megan Duffy completed to replace Camryn Taylor on the roster.” It’s up in the air as to how much truth there is to that, though. The Traditional Transfer Kennedi Myles Junior - #44 - Forward - 6’2” - Cincinnati, Ohio Might be just a liiiiitle bit of friendly trash talk going on in that locker room. One of the players that she passed? New Marquette assistant coach Kelly Komara. Oh, and FUN FACT: McLaughlin scored 53 points in seven games last season for Purdue to move into 20th place all time on the scoring list.
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You think that McLaughlin might be a liiiiiiitle motivated to get that experience? Just a little? Meanwhile, Marquette will be looking to break the program record for consecutive tourney appearances this season. Cards on the table time: McLaughlin has never played in the NCAA tournament, as their last appearance was the year before she arrived on campus. No matter what was asked of McLaughlin at Purdue or what Megan Duffy’s plans are for her, I think it’s safe to bet that McLaughlin is going to throw herself into whatever the team needs from her on a nightly basis. McLaughlin probably isn’t going to be as good of a defender as Lott was, but that’s more praise for Lott than it is a criticism of the 2017 Indiana Miss Basketball. She did rank in the top 500 in the country in assist rate per Her Hoop Stats in each of her three healthy seasons at Purdue, so that end of things might work out pretty well for the Golden Eagles. Megan Duffy has a big ol’ Selena Lott sized hole in her roster to fill, and that’s obviously where the 5’7” Indiana native fits in the best. It’s safe to say that she didn’t elect to finish her rehab from the ankle surgery last offseason that limited her to just seven games in 2020-21 and play an extra season of college hoops to not play big minutes at Marquette. The question becomes how much other than shooting does McLaughlin bring to the table. That sounds bad, but again: Mostly a three-point shooter and through her first three seasons of college hoops, she hit 36% of those. While shooting more than half of her shots from behind the three-point line in every single season of her Purdue career, she only shot 39% from the field. Before that slowed down senior year, McLaughlin averaged 12.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game across her first three seasons on campus. If it wasn’t for injuries shortening her senior year to just seven games, McLaughlin would have been on track to easily slide into the top 15 in total points in West Lafayette and had a good shot at the top 10, too.
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McLaughlin walks away from Purdue with that record in hand as well as a ranking of #20 all time in scoring and #16 in scoring average. Kids, is it good when you add another school’s all time leader in three-pointers made to your roster? Oh, it is? Well, then it’s good news that Karissa McLaughlin plays for Marquette now. The Bonus Year Transfer Karissa McLaughlin Graduate Student - #12 - Guard - 5’7” - Fort Wayne, Indiana Interestingly enough, each of the three fits into their own category in terms of how they arrive at Marquette, so we’ll go through each category one by one. Today, we’re going to look at the three newcomers. In an effort to preview the 2021-22 season, we’ve already taken a look at the returning players that head coach Megan Duffy has on her roster.
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Hello, and welcome back to Marquette women’s basketball talk!