STORRS, Conn. -- During her first two seasons at Connecticut, Kia Nurse waited in the wings patiently as the spotlight focused on Moriah Jefferson, Morgan Tuck and Breanna Stewart.
Nurse was a complement to the faces of the program. As coach Geno Auriemma put it, the 6-foot- Nurse made a living off getting to the right spot at the right time, catching passes from the core three who drew a majority of the attention, and converting.
"Because of the players she was surrounded by, she gets a lot of [shots] in her first two years," Auriemma said.