Cornelia Fondren wrestled away an offensive rebound from a player in the post. Then another, and another. Six in total. The clock wasn’t running and the score didn’t matter. Fondren just kept getting rebounds.
“Lay a body on her,” Syracuse assistant coach Tammi Reiss screamed to post players, some 8 inches taller than the 5-foot, 8-inch point guard by trade. “Box her out.”
She was throwing her competition — all teammates — around. No one wanted a piece of her. A typical scrimmage made even more typical by the way Fondren dominated. It was nothing out of the ordinary, and there was nothing that could be done to contain one of the shortest and most valuable players Syracuse has.