The Cardinal and Gold are bolstering their Elite Eight core as they look to go even further next year.
And that's saying something, given that the 2023-24 iteration went 29-6 and advanced all the way to the Elite Eight, led by the stellar efforts of All-American freshman shooting guard JuJu Watkins.While the 18-year-old Watkins won the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as the best shooting guard in the country, incoming power forward Kiki Iriafen, formerly of the Stanford Cardinal, is the reigning winner of the Katrina McClain Award, which honors the best player at the four spot.
The 6-foot Watkins, who was named an All-American by the WBCA, the Associated Press and the USBWA, was also an All-Pac-12 Teamer, and a Pac-12 All-Defensiver Teamer. The Sierra Canyon School product averaged 27.1 points on .401/.319/.852 shooting splits , 7.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.6 steals per bout.
The 6-foot-3 Iriafen, meanwhile, was named to an All-Pac-12 team, the All-Pac-12 Tourney team, and was also honored with an NCAA All-Region honor. For the 30-6 Cardinal, she averaged 19.4 points on .546/.333/.773 shooting splits, 11 rebounds , 2.3 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.6 blocks a night.
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