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PROVO — Brinley Cannon may not be BYU's leading scorer or top rebounder.The former would be sharpshooter Delaney Gibb, who averages 18.3 points per game, and the latter is senior Lara Rohkohl, whose 6.
6 boards pairs well with 8.2 points per game including a double-double in her final home game, a 76-61 win over Stanford in the WBIT quarterfinals.But ask nearly anyone on the team, and the answer may be universal: The 6-foot-1 sophomore is earning a reputation as the Cougars' most underrated player during a WBIT run that could prove dividends for years to come."I've been teasing Brin, because she's the most humble person ever. Every time she shoots the ball, I think that it's going in," said Gibb of her classmate who shot 6-of-10 from the field for 15 points with four rebounds and an assist in 29 minutes last Thursday.But there's more."Brinley is someone who does all of the things that aren't necessarily shown on the stat sheet," Gibb added. "She is the person getting every single loose ball, and I think our team has fed off that this season. It's been Brinley on 50-50 balls every time, and now a couple of others jump in there. But we can always count on Brinley to rebound and to defend her hardest, to give everything she has on the court."And I freaking love when Brinley knocks down threes." BRIN AND-1 👊📺ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/Ujfr1oQ0tH— BYU Women's Hoops March 27, 2026 The former two-time Idaho 4A player of the year has been arguably the most unassuming stars of a BYU women's basketball team that won 25 games in Lee Cummard's first season at the end of the bench, the most by a first-year head coach in program history.But if Gibb is the face of the squad, Cannon is the heartbeat, a sophomore from Shelley, Idaho, who followed the path of her older brother McKay — who played for BYU from 2018-20 after starting his career at Weber State — and started all 36 games of her sophomore year after coming off the bench for all but four.Cannon was recruited to BYU by former head coach Amber Whiting, who coached against her in Idaho 4A basketball at Burley High. But when Whiting was fired after her third season, Cannon stuck with the program, with a coach who moved up from associate head coach, and with a staff that remained largely intact while giving her even more responsibility.She's thrived in it, shooting 43.9% from the field and 37.3% from the perimeter while averaging 7.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and
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