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By Mike Lucas // UWBadgers.com Wisconsin women's basketball coach Bobbie Kelsey raved about her "an cipatory skills'' and, sure enough, freshman guard Cayla McMorris intercepted the thought before it was completed. You're not … (pause) … "Not the biggest, I know,'' said McMorris, politely filling in the blank. Although she's listed at 5-10, McMorris insisted, "I'm 6-feet.'' At the start of summer school, she weighed all of 147 pounds. "She's skinny to me,'' Kelsey agreed with a chuckle. "But she'll gain, they all do.'' McMorris played "big'' as a high school senior. Really big. She averaged 21.6 points and helped lead Park Center High School (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) to the Class 3 state championship. "I played mostly power forward,'' she said, "because I was one of the tallest girls on the team.'' Did you say power forward? "I know,'' she said, also an cipa ng where that thought was headed. "Most of my life I've played out of posi on because I was always the tallest player. I played center when I started AAUs.'' As her game developed, McMorris began a acking the rim from the wing more and more. "She's very quick,'' Kelsey said. "Her first step is really quick. Her an cipatory skills and ins ncts for the game are very high. That's why she was so highly-touted coming out of high school. "She could have gone to a number of different places but she felt like this was the place for her.'' McMorris a racted plenty of interest from Big Ten Conference programs. She had scholarship offers from Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. By choosing Wisconsin, she became Kelsey's first Top 100 recruit. "With those achievements come expecta ons,'' said Kelsey, who will be going into her fourth season with the Badgers. "But she's s ll a freshman, so we're not going to put any extra pressure on her. We have enough veterans to step in (next season). But, of course, you want your freshman to contribute. S ll, you don't know (about them). They're not used to the physicality and the pace. "But Cayla is smart. She will catch on quickly. She has athle cism and the talent to earn some playing me. I wouldn't go as far as saying she would be star ng. I don't know who's going to start. But I definitely have the idea in mind that she will be a good contributor to what we're trying to do. Rankings don't mean everything but she's ranked for a reason.'' Two recrui ng services, Swish Appeal and Prospect Na on, had her ranked as a Top 50 recruit. Shortly a er McMorris signed her na onal le er of intent, Kelsey called her a "program changer.'' WHAT'S NEXT: CAYLA McMORRIS 4

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