New Gophers women's basketball coach Lindsay Whalen picked up her first recruit Sunday with a commitment from Stillwater junior Sara Scalia, who announced her decision on Twitter.
Lindsay Whalen lands first Gophers recruit in Stillwater's Sara Scalia
May 7, 2018 at 11:28AM
Scalia, a 5-foot-10 guard, averaged 26.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.8 steals this season for the 17-11 Ponies. Her high scoring game was 39 points against Forest Lake. She plays AAU basketball for North Tartan.
Whalen, who was hired to replace Marlene Stollings last month, opened her WNBA preseason on Sunday with the Minnesota Lynx's 90-85 loss to the Washington Mystics.
Whalen watched all five of Scalia's games with North Tartan at the Boo Williams tournament in Virginia last month. Scalia visited Minnesota's campus and met with Whalen and U assistants Kelly Roysland and Carly Thibault-DuDonis last week.
Dawson Garcia’s 20 points and Femi Odukale’s 18 led Minnesota to its first victory at Carver-Hawkeye Arena since 2015.
