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GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS Year; and ESPN had her ranked as its 13th-best player in the 2010 class, the No. 3 forward in the nation. She was good good. But what is she now? Well, she's an unknown. "I feel like her being a mystery to everybody is probably a good thing, because when she does come out, I know she's going to kill," senior guard Dee Dee Williams said. "I can just see it in her, just in the way she talks about how she wants to get back on the floor. I just know she's going to show everybody that she can still play. "I'm glad she's a mystery to people, because when she gets out there, she's going to show them some things." But it might not come right away. In May of this year, Bays had the knee scoped again, cleanTom Campbell ing it out in an effort to make sure it was in tip- Coach Sharon Versyp believes that Bays can be better than the player top shape before the start of this season. She she once was before the injuries, but says the junior forward needs to took conditioning easy during the summer, and "feel it." once official practices started on Oct. 1 went only "My game has evolved in a more intellectual way, just every other day to make sure she didn't overtax the knee. learning plays and just learning the game of basketball. I "I am still building up strength because it still gets used to just go out and be a pickup player and do whatever swollen and stuff like that," Bays said in October. "So like yesterday I practiced but today I will just do drills. GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS I think it is smart of the (coaches) to just bring me back at a slow-and-steady pace and when it's conference season, I can really play to my full capabilities." Once she does, Bays feels she can be a better player than before. In high school and AAU, she relied heavily on CERAMIC • ENGINEERED HARDWOOD her athleticism, overpowering opponents who LAMINATES • MARBLE were less-skilled, slower and weaker. CARPETING Sitting for all these years, and practicing when Specializing in she's been healthy enough, has allowed her to de• Homes • Churches velop other parts of her game. On the bench at • Businesses • Schools Purdue last season she'd draw up plays, a way to Where Contractors Buy Their Flooring keep her mind involved when her body wasn't. Builders! Call our Contract Department and ask "Now I have other ways to play. (In practice), for our Contract Specialist I'd work on my handles and jumpers and three3437 State Road 26 E. point game, just things I didn't really work on 765-447-9393 800-403-6889 FAX 765-448-9978 before because I was overly athletic," Bays said. Across from the Post Office "And once you get to the college level everyone is just as athletic as you are. GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS f IllustrateD volume 24, issue 2 81