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Why Ajša Sivka put off the WNBA, BYU's historic triple-double, Gabe Lazo's milestone
CHARLOTTE, NC — When the preseason awards and watchlists started rolling out for women’s college basketball last month, Kenny Brooks just laughed. The third-year head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats knew what he had in Ajša Sivka, but the rest of the sport was blissfully unaware. “We just kind of chuckled. I don’t know if she even knows about the watchlists,” Brooks said Sunday inside the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. “But she's definitely one of the best players in the country.” Women’s basketball fans around the nation were introduced to Sivka on Sunday, Nov. 8, as she scored 32 points on 11-of-17 shooting — 8-of-12 on 3-pointers — in a 93-78 win over NC State at the fourth annual Ally Tip-Off in front of a national TV audience on ESPN2. She also had five rebounds and three assists. The versatile 6-foot-5 20-year-old from Slovenia didn’t make the preseason All-SEC team , much less the watchlist for the Wade Trophy. Entering this season, the questions folks around women’s basketball had about Kentucky sounded like this: Sure, All-SEC center Clara Strack is back, but what’s around her? Sivka provided an answer against Wes Moore’s Wolfpack on a national stage. She drained 3-pointers