LEXINGTON – Her status as the top freshman in the country last season was not enough to earn Kentucky guard Rhyne Howard a reprieve some from playful teasing from her coach on the USA U-19 World Cup team this summer.
Howard was coached on that team’s run to the World Cup championship in Bangkok, Thailand by Louisville coach Jeff Walz.
She led the U.S team in scoring (13.1 points per game) during the tournament, but Walz’s normal job as the coach of Kentucky’s biggest rival did not go unnoticed.