The morning following the Washington State women's basketball team's 67-59 home win over San Francisco, WSU Associate Head Coach Laurie Koehn started her morning off watching film to prepare for the Cougars' next opponent.
She couldn't help but notice the difference she saw in Washington States' freshman forward, Dayana Mendes.
"I'm watching our Pepperdine game, which was December 28th, and I don't even recognize the player she was back then," Koehn said.
Mendes is averaging 12 points and seven rebounds in 24 minutes per game over her last seven games and it's clear to everyone in the building that the freshman forward from Paris is starting to find her footing at the collegiate level.