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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:20 am Post subject: Huskies Keep An Eye On Future - Jacki Gemelos |
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http://www.rep-am.com/story.php
Excerpts from complete article below:
Quote: Huskies keep eye on their future
Sunday, October 24, 2004
By Roger Cleaveland
Copyright © 2004 Republican-American
This past July, two months before beginning her junior year at St. Mary High School (Stockton, Calif.), Jacki Gemelos unwittingly but very happily gave UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma a verbal commitment to join his team in the fall of 2006.
"He said that I remind him of a combination of a quicker Diana Taurasi and a bigger Sue Bird," Jacki Gemelos said. "You can't get a better compliment than that, because they are two of the best girls basketball players ever."
She can shoot the three-pointer exceptionally well over opponents, but prefers to penetrate and slash to the basket. As well as she dribbles and shoots, she may pass even better.
Gemelos averaged 21.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 4.1 steals last season despite playing little more than half a game against many of the weaker local opponents on the St. Mary's schedule.
Gemelos said her father played college basketball at Weber State and played professionally overseas. His passion for the game became infectious. |
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