Virginia Tech's Abby Redick trys to get around a George Mason player.
“Abby had just been to our camp and had done a great job,” Tech head coach Beth Dunkenberger said. “I really got to know her more as a person and a player and that is how she showed me how valuable she can be to the team. ... For me, it was a no brainer to stick with her.”
Now that she is a freshman at Tech, Abby has been able to make an immediate impact on the women’s basketball team. She has appeared in all 19 games this season as one of the first players to come off the bench for Dunkenberger.
She is averaging three points and almost four rebounds in just 15 minutes a game with her best performance coming against Longwood in her first game. To begin her career she tallied 10 points and six rebounds in just 19 minutes of play.
More than scoring though, Dunkenberger has been pleased with the skills Redick displays that don’t necessarily show up in the box score.
“I think she is doing a lot of the intangibles,” Dunkenberger said. “Her stats aren’t overwhelming, but I think she is adjusting to the speed of the game, especially at the ACC level.”
While most people would try to get out of their siblings’ shadow and make a name for themselves, Abby doesn’t see it as a problem.
“I’m okay with it because of who he is and who he is going to be in the NBA,” she said. “It just goes to show you how hard of a worker he is. I’m really proud of him.
“Maybe I’ll shy away from his shadow, but I’m just going to do whatever Tech needs me to bring to the table.”
Getting out of J.J.’s shadow will be a difficult task to accomplish, but Dunkenberger thinks that she has a lot of room to grow and will continue to improve.
“I certainly think her scoring will go up and her rebounding will go up, as well as her minutes,” Dunkenberger said. “As for watching her growth over the next three years ... right now she is playing more of a power forward spot. I think as time moves on she will be able to get away from the basket a little bit.”
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I think JJ is second on the all time ACC scoring list behind Hansbrough....not fourth.
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Yes he is 2nd!!
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Dunkenberger has to be one of the best basketball names of all time.
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I hate when people write about sports and have no idea what they're talking about. Do your research before you submit articles of this nature. JJ finished his career with 2,769 points which was 1st all time in the ACC (passing Dickie Hemric - 2,587) until Hansbrough surpassed him scoring 2,872 last year.
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