Follow Ohio State women’s basketball for even a day or two this season, and a name that pops up more often than not is guard Taylor Mikesell. The guard’s name surfaces any time perimeter shooting is mentioned on broadcasts, in articles or media availability. However, Mikesell isn’t on the team and hasn’t been since the end of the Buckeyes’ NCAA Tournament in the Elite Eight. While the guard’s presence is missed, a name on the roster who’s showing signs of a bright deep shooting future is guard Emma Shumate.
The statistics speak volumes for Mikesell. The guard made 454 shots from deep in her five-season NCAA career, good for sixth best all-time, four of those years in the Big Ten earning a conference second best record of 415 made threes.