Lsutiger03

From Kate's side she has most likely has felt firsthand the nature of war and colonization. I have seen mass graves being filled with Ukrainian civilians on X at the very beginning of the war. It's truly disgusting. I'm not saying it's fair to treat Anna unfairly because of where she was born, but it's not something that is easily just swept under the rug. Personally, I was hoping Kate would give her more of an opportunity, but maybe this isn't completely to do with the fact Anna is a Russian, and more to do with playing time. Kate could have seen her role at LSU growing smaller than maybe even last year where she averaged less than 18 minutes a game. Maybe she just wants an opportunity to sit out a year and try again on a team that doesn't have as much depth. At the end of the day, I just want a NC, and if Anna will help us get there better than Kate, I'm okay with her leaving.

I have a really good feeling about Kate Koval. I watched her game against Texas. Her defense was great, she ended the game with 5 blocks and Texas only scored 4 points in the paint in the first half. She was a major reason why ND won that game. Her offense suffered against tall bigs like Sedona Prince and Kyla Oldacre, but from what I saw in the game against Texas she mostly shot jump shots and never got the ball when she had great positioning on the block.

In the first 11 games, while Maddy Westfield was out for an injury, Kate Koval averaged 28.2mins 8.2ppg 7.9rbs 3.4blks 43fg%. This was against teams like USC, Texas, UConn, TCU, Utah, and Virginia.