Rocking her fluorescent orange kicks, it was hard to miss Tea Cleante in action on Friday night.
Off the bench, it was a bit more difficult to spot Viktoria Ranisavljevic. That was until the second half.
“They’re vets,” coach Carolyn Kieger said. “Right? They've played high-level international basketball. They played for their national team. They've been in a big game. So I think for them, coming into the Power 4 matchup like this, down the stretch, that didn't faze them.”
Rec Hall was home to Cleante’s debut with the blue and white. A packed arena roared at the sound of her name announced in the starting lineup.