When jokingly asked Wednesday if she was going to miss this past season’s role of taking upward of 30 shots a game, redshirt junior Aerial Powers replied "no" before the reporter could even finish his question.
The 6-foot forward spent part of her summer abroad as a member of the USA Basketball World University Games team, which won a gold medal in South Korea. Powers averaged a double-double this past season, with 21.9 points and 12.1 rebounds per game, and was a unanimous All-Big Ten preseason selection.
“Last year, playing that many minutes, I felt like I couldn’t give 100 percent effort all the time, and with the new girls we have coming in, they’re going to help me a lot,” Powers said.