Nine different players have already started, and nine have led the team in rebounding during various games. Seven players have already had at least two games that they've scored in double figures, with six of those taking turns leading the team in scoring at least once. Remarkably, all nineteen players are averaging at least a point and a half scoring a game, thirteen of those averaging 3.4 points or more, eight of those averaging at least 5.5 a game. However, with much of the emphasis of the Grizzly attack coming from pounding the ball inside, it's imperitive that the big people be adequate shooters from the line. The surprise has come from centers Heile and Tiffany Ellis .
Freshmen are always the wild cards in any situation.
Heile, Jordan, and Hoskins all saw significant action as starters when they were rookies, but many newcomers struggle to get acclimated to a new system and the difference in intensity from high school to college. After a shaky ballhandling start, she's also working on four straight games without a turnover. Cramer has also seen double figures minutes, while Sarah Jukes and Kindra Moorman have shown flashes of brilliance as well, with the latter already putting together two games of seven rebounds in limited minutes. The dynamics of the team will alter significantly this week, as Heile and Martin, the leading scorers each of the last two seasons, take the court together on Wednesday for the first time since last February. Sheets, with her 6-7 shooting and 15 point effort against Maryville, is showing signs of regaining the form that she showed at the end of last season.