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right now. They're playing very well and so we want
to come out and support them at the Marriott Center.
Got to show up, show out for these ladies. The
Lady Cooks led by Lee Kamard, and we have one
of the stars of the team on the line right now.
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the hotline. Welcome in one of the stars of the
Boe Wins basketball team. We got Delaney GiB on the line. Delaney,
how are you? Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 3: I'm great. How are you doing.
Speaker 1: I'm doing awesome.
Speaker 2: I appreciate you hopping on to talk some some hoop today.
But the first thing I want to ask you is
this last year there was ups and downs, trials and tribulations.
Obviously ups, ups and downs lead to led to a transition.
Lee Kamard ends up becoming the head coach of BYU.
What's the difference this year with this squad, this team,
this culture, this coaching staff compared to maybe last year.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, we have a great squad right now.
Leek Marv has done a great job of just you know,
bringing in high standards and bringing in girls who want
to work together and want what's best for the team
and just want to compete and work hard. So it's
it's been fun so far.
Speaker 2: Well, it's it's been awesome to watch what, uh, what
has stood out to you about the personnel this year?
You know, who can we highlight on this team and
about the you know between all the gals and the chemistry.
Speaker 1: That you guys have right now? What stood out to
you there?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's so fun because we have such
a young group of girls. Obviously, we have a great,
great supporting cast from last year and girls that were
here last year, but we also have a have a
bunch of new girls that you know, they're either freshmen's
or we've got transfers and they've just kind of bought
into our culture and just been really successful. We have
freshmen freshman star guards did they and Olivia Hamlin have
been so good, just such high energy players and just
you know, they're really young, but they've really just stepped
up and helped us be successful so far.
Speaker 2: You've been balling as well, sixteen point nine points, three game,
three point seven rebounds, five is says, shooting forty percent
from the field. What do you attribute your success to
this year? Taking your your game to the next level
this season.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I feel like I had a successful
year last year, and so really I just wanted to
build off that, taking more of a leadership role this
year and just continuing to, you know, grow my game
and try and get better in all aspects of the game.
I feel like I obviously was here last year, and
so I know coach coach Lee really well and no
kind of a style of play that he wanted to play,
and it's like I just benefit really well off of it.
We like to play fast, and we like to shoot
a lot of threes, which is is how I loved
play basketball.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: How would you describe Lee Kmart as a coach and
what he's trying to institute culturally with this squad, with
this locker room.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, he's He's been great. It's super cool
to see him transition from an assistant spot to now
our head coach. He he's intense and he's so competitive,
and so it's super fun to be able to have
him as our head coach. You know, he he holds
us to the highest standard, and he expects excellence, and
he expects us to come in and work hard every
single day. And so I think having a head coach
that just you know, expects so much out of us,
but also instills confidence in us and really builds us
up at the same time is just a perfect combination.
Speaker 2: Next game up, Next team up, next challenge. Who's Texas Tech?
A ranked fo Texas Tech? They took down the men's team.
Give us a little preview. What's the scattered room report
says for the Red Raiders? And how are you guys
gonna do what the the the guys couldn't accomplish?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Texas Tech is a great team. They
just recently lost their first game of the entire season,
so they've been undefeated for quite some time. They're just
a super fast paced team, similar that similar to us,
they work really hard, and they have you know, they
have some talented players. And so really, for us, we
just gotta walk in on our scouting report, and you
know what our coaches are, you know, instilling in us
and what they've kind of scouted and reported on and
and you know, just knowing personnel and knowing who the
shooters are. You know, they stretch the floor the floor
well and have a lot of great shooters and just
you know, locking down on that and if we can
do that, we'll we'll be successful.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the the matchups, right, how do you feel about
the matchups on the scouting report you mentioned kind of
the scheme of what you're going to be employing.
Speaker 1: What what is it? Uh?
Speaker 2: What matchups do you feel confident that b YU has
maybe a competitive advantage with.
Speaker 3: Honestly, I I love our entire team from top to bottom,
and so you know, I feel like at every position
we have some really good strengths, especially when you know,
we push the ball in transition and we get out
wide and we have spacing, and so I'm really excited.
The thing about Texas Tech is they're they're a great
offensive team. They're a great defensive team, and so are we.
So really just you know, being confident in all positions
that we have and knowing that, yeah, they're a great team,
but we have we have special players and they have
to also guard us.
Speaker 2: What's been the biggest surprise to you from the roster
this season? You know, someone that's maybe wasn't expected to
come in and contribute right away, or uh, you know
that's maybe shocked.
Speaker 1: Even the oster were shocked.
Speaker 2: Maybe the fans that have been able to come in
and watch this Lady Koog's team.
Speaker 3: Well, that's a great question. Honestly, I feel like all
of our freshmen so far, they've they've all done a
great job of just coming in and you know, playing
their role and just competing hard. That goes from I mean,
Sid was Sid was so good when we when I
was going dealing with injuries, and so it was super
cool to be able to see her just kind of
bloom and take on a bigger role and be able
to you know, lead our team and being point guard
is never easy, especially as an incoming freshman, and so
I really just give props to her. She's done so
well this year and it's just super fun to be
able to see her continue to grow and get better
each game.
Speaker 2: We got the Lady Gibb on the Line Cougar Sports
one of three nine ninety eight point three ESPN The
Fan and a little player profile getting to know this
women's basketball team and to Lady Gibb on the Line,
Big game coming up obviously Texas Tech that's going to
be tomorrow.
Speaker 1: And if they we want them to show up.
Speaker 2: To this game, Delady, why should Cougar Nation come out
and support this This Lady Kook's team that's playing really
a fourteen to four on the season.
Speaker 1: The Red Raiders are nineteen one of This is a
big opportunity.
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean we're such a fun team to watch.
You know, we play fast, we play exciting, we have
high energy players, were scrappy and tough, and so I
think Coobe Nation is so awesome. And you know, the
more people that we can get to come and support
our games, the more energy there's going to be in
the Marriott Center, and it's it's going to really help
us be successful and just be able to play our best.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think I want to say over the last few games,
fans have showed up. I think we've had maybe over
about a little over three thousand at the last home
games and uh, I don't know what the record is, uh,
you know for the season or all time for the
Lady Coogs uh and in attendance, but we got a
big opportunity.
Speaker 1: Even with the West Virginia game.
Speaker 2: I think they're offering free admission to the women's game
to anyone attending the men's game. Trying to set that
attendance record, so we need some some carry over there
as well. Uh, you know, b YU fans that don't
get an opportunity to watch your team. You mentioned a
few of the things that stand out. I mean, you're
you're a highlight too to come and watch.
Speaker 1: What How would you.
Speaker 2: Describe your play those that have been able to watch
your The way that you kind of wend your way,
how you handle the rock, how you get to the
rack and score.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I've I've always been a been a
shooter and been a score my whole life. I think
that I play really well in transition and just kind
of I'm crafty and find different ways to be able
to score, but also find ways to be able to
set my teammates up for success. And you know, we
have such great shooters around and so it's it's really
fun to be able to, you know, just play freely
and just play creative and you know, treat basketball as
as a game where you know, we just we have fun.
And so I love I love to play, and I
just I have a lot of fun out there you're.
Speaker 1: Number eleven on the court? Why why do you rep
the one? One? Has that always been the number of
the family number? What is it? Yeah? It was.
Speaker 3: It was my mom's number when she played, and a
couple other family members. So I just I the first
team I ever played on, I was number eleven and
it's just stuck since then.
Speaker 2: So it's always going to be eleven then, no matter
what you do, where you go.
Speaker 1: Uh. And it's a.
Speaker 2: I'd love the significance of obviously numbers. Uh, So you've
been repping it for a long time? How it was
it was the mom? Was your mom the first to
rep that? Or where did she get it from?
Speaker 3: Honestly, I don't really know where she got it from.
She might have been the first.
Speaker 2: The the og as they say, so shout out to
mom for setting the tone, set the presidents here on
the number game.
Speaker 1: Outside of who the lady? What do you like to do?
Speaker 2: What are what are the extra curriculars that you participate
in down in Provo? And I know there's lots to do,
lots to see. I know you got school as well.
What are the extra kid curriculars? Getting to know you
a little bit here.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I love being outdoors. Utah is beautiful.
I'm more of a warm weather person, so I don't
necessarily love the winter when it gets cold and it's snowy.
But in the summertime, I'm always you know, at a pool,
at a lake, at a beach. I love to be
outside and just you know, enjoy nature.
Speaker 2: So then what are the where are the go tos?
Then in the winter, what do you do? Do you
go to Provo b Resort?
Speaker 1: You know, like, what what do you do in the
in the winter months.
Speaker 2: Obviously you're hooping a ton in the winter months, so uh,
you know, obviously you're very busy during that front.
Speaker 1: But when you do have time off, where do you go?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, my life's busy in the winter. But
I also love the movies, so try and go see,
you know, any good movies when they come out. I've
been to Provo Beach. I my my little sisters love
going there. So if they're ever in town, you know,
we've gone there with them a couple of times.
Speaker 1: It's a it's a it's a spot. Okay. So movies
bring up.
Speaker 2: Ronald is a movie guy, so uh and I like
movies too.
Speaker 1: I haven't seen a lot of new movies.
Speaker 2: So, so any new movies that we need to go
check out. Give us a little rating review of any
of the movies you've seen.
Speaker 3: Oh, the last movie I went to was actually a
while ago, well not too long ago, but it was
with our team. We went and saw the New Avatar movie.
It was pretty good. I liked it. But yeah, besides that,
I mean, that's the last one I can even remember.
Speaker 2: Well, okay, so do you have an all time, like,
just off the top of your head, all time favorite movies?
Speaker 1: The ones that you love the most.
Speaker 3: I like Disney movies. My favorite movie ever is Brother Bear.
Okay you know what that movie is? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I was.
Speaker 2: Okay, So Brother Bear still holds holds the trophy?
Speaker 1: Right, that's the all time favorite?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Still number one?
Speaker 2: Wow?
Speaker 1: Okay, So Disney movies or what else you got for me? Ah,
I'm putting you on the spot.
Speaker 3: I know. I say I'm a movie person, but maybe
I'm not. Yeah, it's probably about it. I A lot
of people love the Marvel movies, which I actually haven't
really seen a ton of Marvel Marvel movies, but I
like the Spider Man movies, even like the New cartoon
Spider Man movies.
Speaker 1: I like those, Okay, I love it.
Speaker 2: Okay, So you know you're going into the movie thing
and you're getting into like opinions. Here, what's like the
your your like most controversial take amongst like you know,
we get around, for instance, we get around the boys. Right,
we're talking takes. Ronald's got his hot takes, Brett's got
his takes, Vix got his. I got what's like something
that you're like, you're always willing to die on the
hill for a particular opinion at about a particular stuff.
It could be who maybe it's it's Lebron MJ. You know,
it could be an all time great type of conversation,
like what's the what's the the the debate where you
die on that hill?
Speaker 3: Oh, this is a hard question. Well, first off, MJ
is the goat.
Speaker 1: So that's what I'm talking That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3: This.
Speaker 1: I liked you. I knew I liked you. I knew
you had a good head on your shoulder.
Speaker 3: De lady, Oh yeah, that's probably the one that you know,
I'll put up a good fight.
Speaker 1: Do A lot of your teammates are they team.
Speaker 3: Lebron Honestly, that's a question I might take to practice tomorrow.
Lebron As. Yeah, I'll do some research for you guys.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we need to get some objective data points at
an official poll.
Speaker 1: See who wins that, because, like.
Speaker 2: I want to believe, and especially with Lee as the
head coach, like I there's no doubt. I'm almost one
hundred percent sure Lee Kamard is Team MJ. But I
need an official count on this.
Speaker 3: To Laney, I got you, I'll get one. That's an
interesting question to go ask everyone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like, let's uh, like we get the social
media team at ball because I want to see this
poast it. I need official statement for the team collectively,
see who wins the Paul all right, Rodnie, what good?
Speaker 1: What do you got for me? Yeah?
Speaker 4: I want to ask Delaney this.
Speaker 1: Look.
Speaker 4: I can't confirm or not, but I heard from sources,
Delaney that a certain basketball coach of yours was getting
late night buckets on the Marriotte Center court. Just describe
just the competitive nature of seeing your coach on the
basketball court, not on the basketball court. I don't think
people really know how competitively Comarde is as a coach,
which I think.
Speaker 1: Is a good thing.
Speaker 3: Oh it's a great thing. You guys would not even
believe me. But every single road trip we go on,
so I remember, I remember at least three trips last
year where we walked past a men's player on the
opposite on like our opposing team, and Lee is talking
crap to them and like just going back and forth
with these random players from their men's program, and I
just was in awe. I was like, he is some
random no one knows who he is. Like we're at
TCU and he is talking to some TCU kid and
it was just hilarious to see, Like he doesn't care,
he doesn't care who they are, he doesn't care about anything.
But you know, he thinks that he is the best,
and I mean, from what I've heard, he just might be.
But he he is so competitive. It's so fun. He
really brings that energy to every practice, in every game,
and you know, it hypes us up, and it's it's
fun to be around.
Speaker 1: He's a competitive guy.
Speaker 2: I've been around him since, you know, I mean twenty
years ago when we were kind of contemporaries down there,
when I was down in Prova watching league at Buckets.
So it's great to have him as an influence on
the on the roster, no doubt. Okay, final question for you,
delayed before we let you go, excited to watch you
ball out tomorrow and we got to set a record
versus the West Virginia Mountaineers at home, So everybody show up,
show out and support Delaney, Gibb and the crew. We're
in the transfer portal era Delaney, and there was like
this fear that gripped all of us when you know
there was a transition. You know, Lee's taken over, Like, wait,
is Delaney gonna enter the portal? She gonna leave us?
Like how you know, what was that process like for
you to to evaluate and then ultimately signed that you
were coming back. And how how tempting was it to
jump in the portal and maybe, uh, you know, take
on all the offers that could have come. You know,
you you would have fetched a pretty price in the
free market.
Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. I mean it was definitely a stressful
time where I'm just you know, trying to think of
what's gonna be, you know, the best for my future
and for my rest of my career. And the worst
part was just kind of the uncertainty that we had
for a long time. You know, coach Lee wasn't just
hired right off the get go, and so just like
not really knowing what was going to come out of it.
But when when Lee got the job, I knew that
this is where I wanted to be. I love coognation,
and I've known Lee for a long time, and I
know that he believes in me, and he he sees
the type of player that I want to become, and
he sees all of my potential and so you know,
I'm confident in him and he's confident in me, and
I knew that this is somewhere special and somewhere that
I can you know, really grow as a player and
as a person.
Speaker 1: Love that.
Speaker 2: Well, we're glad you're you're a Coug, a Koug for life,
and that you didn't enter the portal, even though it's
very tempting these days because uh uh, you know, there's
a lot of money being thrown around.
Speaker 1: So it's a to me.
Speaker 2: You know, this speaks to maybe your long term vision
of who you want to be not only is a player,
but off the court as well, rather than having a
short term vision. So I give you kudos for that.
De lady, give ladies and gentlemen. Delaney, thanks for letting
us get to know you. Thanks for letting us get
to know this women's basketball team through your eyes and voice.
Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you guys so much.
Speaker 1: And I need him, you know.
Speaker 2: So the MJ lebron to do list and then a
more robust movie list as well going forward.
Speaker 3: Okay, I got.
Speaker 1: You all right. Next time, thanks to lady. There you go.
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