She wasted little time making her presence felt, hitting the game-winner against Southern Utah last week. To that, Harada adds five freshmen, led by 5-7 guard Lily Wahinekapu, the Hawaii High School 2020 Player of the Year. “She’s been through the grind, been through adversity and played at a high level.” “She’s one of those mature kids who is great for the locker room and for our young players,” Harada said.
Panagiotopoulou-Andritsopoulou is a 6-foot-3, do-everything forward who played for the Greece U16 team in the 2015 Women’s European Championships and the U18 team the following year. And what it gave back for the 2021-22 Titans are transfers Fujika Nimmo from Florida International, and a nightmare for opposing players and public-address announcers alike: Nancy Panagiotopoulou-Andritsopoulou from Illinois.Ī junior, Nimmo made her presence felt against Utah State last Saturday, scoring a team-high 17 points on 7-of-15 shooting. “This team, they compete, they play to the end and that’s all I ever ask of these kids.”Īnd Harada understands one essential truth about the transfer portal. If we made a couple shots in that game, it might be a different outcome. But we competed, we battled and we got a win in the (conference) tournament. … When you’re out of position and you don’t have numbers, it’s tough. “Two games back-to-back without touching a basketball. “The first time we got shut down, we came back for back-to-back games with UC Santa Barbara,” Harada said. That, after COVID-19 shut down the program for two weeks at the outset of the season. Eviscerated them to the point where they had seven players the last six weeks of the season. COVID-19 and injuries eviscerated the Titans. Harada understands why they went 4-18 last year. Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball: taller, talented, exhibiting potential – Orange County Register