MOBILE, Ala. – On more than one occasion this preseason, head coach Terry Fowler referred to Shaforia Kines as the "straw that stirs the drink" for the University of South Alabama women's basketball program.
A third-team preseason all-Sun Belt Conference selection, the 5-foot-5 guard is certainly doing her part to live up to that expectation. Although a pair of teammates — Savannah Jones and Antoinette Lewis — garnered the headlines as the season was about to begin after being voted first-team preseason all-league, it's been Kines who has stepped up her game to earn consideration as one of the best players in the conference.