Productive freshmen
Destiny Pitts was the unanimous Big Ten Conference freshman of the year in the 2017-18 season. Here are her stats through 12 games that season, compared with Sara Scalia’s first 12 games as a freshman this season:
FG-FGA Pct. 3pt-3pa Pct. Reb. Ast. Pts
Pitts 42-106 39.6 26-70 37.1 8.5 1.3 11.8
Scalia 51-103 49.5 22-49 44.9 4.2 1.8 11.3
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