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WB2K3: The List 2

Players to Watch in 2022-23

By Winners OnlyPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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MiMi, Dontavia, Madison, Lindsey & Liz

Lindsey Thall - Kent State

Lindsey Thall is a 6-2 forward for the Kent State Flashes. A native from Strongsville, Ohio, she is currently a grad student. Last season she shot a careeer best .425 from the field and .804 from the free-throw line while averaging 11.4 points per game. Over four seasons and 110 career games she has scored 1,218 points, snagged 521 rebounds and blocked 172 shots. Thall led Kent State to an early season win over No. 19 UCLA scoring 20 points on 7-9 shooting, including 5-7 from three-point land. It was her first of three games with at least 20 points for the season.

Madison Bartley - Belmont

Another Ohio native, Madison Bartley is from the town of Kettering, but plays collegiately at Belmont. A 6-3 forward, Bartley had big moments for Belmont who came close to upsetting Tennessee in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. She scored 16 points and grabbed six rebounds in the 70-67 loss to the fourth seeded Lady Vols. In her second season she averaged 11.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and blocked 1.7 shots per game. She also shot 51.4 percent from the field. Bartley's season high came in a 29-point effort in a win over Murray State. She mad 12 of her 16 shots in that game. On the defensive side she blocked a season best seven shots in a road win over Tennessee State and followed that by blocking six shots on the road in a victory over Tennessee Tech.

Dontavia Waggoner - Boston College

Dontavia Waggoner is a six-foot guard from Nashville, Tennessee who competes for Boston College. After starting her career at North Carolina State in 2020-21, she completed her first year at Boston College last season. Waggoner was a reserve, but she had some bright moments during her sophomore campaign. She averaged one steal per game and had a season high five steals to go along with seven points and five rebounds against New Hampshire. She had two other contests with four steals. Waggoner's most productive game of the season came in the third round of the WNIT. She posted 11 rebounds, nine points and three steals against Columbia. Earlier in the season she had a near double-double with nine points and nine rebounds in just 13 minutes in a win over Syracuse. She shot 4-5 in that contest.

MiMi Collins - North Carolina State

After two seasons at Maryland, following one at Tennesse, MiMi Collins has transferred to North Carolina State. The 6-3 forward from Slidell, Louisiana brings strong shooting and rebounding to the program. Over three seasons at Maryland she shot 47.4 percent from the field, 38.3 percent from three-point land and 78.3 percent from the free-throw line. She shot a career best 88.9 percent from free-throw line last season missing just four of her 36 free-throw attempts. Her best scoring and rebounding numbers came during the 2020-21 season when she averaged 10.6 points and 6.2 boards per game. She also shot a career best 52.1 percent from the field that season.

Liz Martino - Jackson State

Liz Martino is a 6-0 guard from Lanham, Maryland. She has transferred from Rutgers to compete for Jackson State. During her two seasons at Rutgers, Martino saw limited action playing just 9.4 minutes per game in 33 contests over two seasons. She had her best game of the season in her first appearance scoring 11 points in 14 minutes off of the bench in a win over Saint Peter's. She also dished out an impressive six assists and four steals in that short amount of time. As a freshman she made a strong first impression as well posting a season high 10 points in 12 minutes in her first game, a win over Monmouth.

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