(Photo: Billy Hardiman/Special for The Republic)
Arizona State women's basketball has yet to see the best from Taya Hanson. Or any of its freshmen for that matter.
Unlike 2013-14 when ASU needed freshmen Sophie Brunner and Kelsey Moos to start or 2016-17 when Reili Richardson worked her way into the lineup, this season's four freshmen are coming off the bench on a veteran team ranked No. 19.
It's not that Hanson and her classmates — Iris Mbulito, Jayde Van Hyfte and Jamie Loera — aren't talented enough to play. Three are averaging double-digit minutes (although Loera has been out for the last five games with a hamstring injury) and Van Hyfte is at 8.