I like to keep everybody happy. That would include her coach, whose only complaint might be that her star passer doesn't always look at the basket enough. She's a great 3-point shooter and there are times when even the people in the stands are screaming for her to shoot. The exercise and science major averaged 9.5 points per game in leading the Nittany Lions to the conference title. She said scoring points is fine for some players but she would just as soon set up a play as finish it.
Some people are happy with scoring a lot of points.
I'm happy with a lot of assists. It's not a bad thing to be known for assists and when I have to score, I can and I will. Nicholson is one of a long line of pass-first, shoot second point guards at Penn State. She plays for a coach who realizes that, in the tradition of Penn State guards, size doesn't matter. While she's a gift giver on offense, Nicholson is considered a first class Scrooge on the defensive end - feisty, tough and always in the way.