CHAMPAIGN — Illinois women’s basketball coach Matt Bollant had several points he hit on throughout the preseason.
His team’s offensive potential. How important starters Chatrice White and Kyley Simmons would be to the team’s success this season. The Illini’s trio of impressive freshmen.
And Sarah Hartwell.
The redshirt senior guard from Tacoma, Wash., almost always came up. Bollant couldn’t help but bring up Hartwell’s desire to not leave the gym each day until she made 500 shots — not just take 500 but make that many. Or her trips to Memorial Stadium to run the stairs.