N.C.A.A. Tournament Live: Stanford Faces Arizona in Final
April 4, 2021, 3:08 p.m. ET
Aari McDonald, the Pac-12 player of the year, has owned the Alamodome’s floors, scoring at least 26 points in each of the past three games. She is lithe yet powerful, cutting through defenses and outrunning those who try to contain her.
While she is often most effective when penetrating defenses, she is also dangerous from the outside: McDonald has been shooting almost 42 percent from beyond the arc in the postseason.
And she is a formidable defender, often stealing the ball and converting turnovers into points. She has also had more than five defensive rebounds in each of the past four games.
“She’s really underrated on defense,” Barnes said after the national semifinal. “I thought in my mind she should have been the national defensive Player of the Year. There was no other player that impacts the game on both ends of the floor more.”
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/04/04/sports/stanford-arizona/