Standing outside the Vulcans’ gym before practice earlier this week, Kim Schmelz and Safia Sheikh took turns talking about one another’s offensive ability in glowing terms.
It was the suggested that the two guards could, on occasion, put UH-Hilo on their backs this season and carry them to victory in a game by combining for, say, 35 points.
Or 40.
Maybe 50?
“Whoa,” Schmelz said.
It was time to put the breaks on with that talk, Sheikh said, because the two don’t talk offense, just “hard work.”
“I like playing with Kim,” Sheikh said, “because I know what she can do and what she can do with the ball because I played against her last year.