Pressure comes with its own set of risks and rules.
Some times it comes with an additional stress that turns self-confidence into a blind uncertainty that reaches for safety in the unfriendly dark wherever it may lead.
Other times is shatters whomever or whatever takes it on, be it an individual or a mountain range.
Yet, there are people and things that just happen to shine when the pressure is applied and amplified as was the case on Friday night from Central Michigan University’s McGuirk Arena.
As it was CMU senior forward Jewel Cotton turned in an absolute gem of a game as she led the Chippewas to an 81-71 victory over Furman University in a second-round Preseason WNIT game.