“She just plays so hard. She’s got the highest motor I’ve ever been around,” Utah women's basketball coach Lynne Roberts said of sophomore guard Kennady McQueen, who had six steals as the Utes beat Stanford on Saturday to claim a share of the Pac-12 title.
Utah Utes guard Kennady McQueen brings the ball downcourt, in PAC-12 action between the Utah Utes and the Stanford Cardinals, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023.Kennady McQueen watched as her Utah women’s basketball teammates climbed the orange ladder with a pair of scissors and each cut a piece of the net from the hoop. The No. 8 Utes were mere minutes removed from, at the Huntsman Center in front an announced 9,611 fans and claiming a piece of the Pac-12 title.
“It was worth the wait,” McQueen told The Salt Lake Tribune as she sat near the court holding her piece of net. “Everything happens for a reason. So climbing up to that net, everything paid off right in that moment.” McQueen’s six steals were the most she’s had all season. The next highest was when she had three in a road loss to Colorado in January.
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