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KANSAS CITY, MO - MARCH 25: Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs center Teaira McCowan (15) lets out a yell after making a basket and getting fouled with 0:55 left in the fourth quarter of a quarterfinal game in the NCAA Division l Women's Championship between the UCLA Bruins and Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs on March 25, 2018 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO. Mississippi State won 89-73 to advance to the Final Four. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO - MARCH 25: Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs center Teaira McCowan (15) lets out a yell after making a basket and getting fouled with 0:55 left in the fourth quarter of a quarterfinal game in the NCAA Division l Women's Championship between the UCLA Bruins and Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs on March 25, 2018 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO. Mississippi State won 89-73 to advance to the Final Four. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – FEBRUARY 15: Notre Dame’s Jessica Shepard (23) and Virginia’s Felicia Aiyeotan (NGA) (30) during the Virginia Cavaliers game versus the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on February 15, 2018, at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA. (Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – FEBRUARY 15: Notre Dame’s Jessica Shepard (23) and Virginia’s Felicia Aiyeotan (NGA) (30) during the Virginia Cavaliers game versus the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on February 15, 2018, at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA. (Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

12. Seattle Storm: Jessica Shepard, 6’4 F, Notre Dame

Jessica Shepard, a versatile 6’4 with an enormously high basketball IQ, is a potential number one scorer, in case you’ve forgotten her stint at Nebraska. And she reminded everyone of this in Notre Dame’s 97-70 rout of Florida State on February 10, scoring 26, and again versus Duke on February 21, scoring 24. I was also heartened to see her take a three in the March 3 win over Virginia — she can do it, Muffet McGraw just doesn’t ask her to. Her next coach will! Dan Hughes will love the outlet passes, the understanding of where she needs to be in the court at all times — don’t expect the typical rookie mistakes in her learning curve, not with her elevated basketball IQ — and figure on seeing her play an important role in Seattle’s title defense.

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