GREENSBORO, N.C. — Creighton coach Jim Flanery recently heard someone call Morgan Maly a “bench player.” It made him stop.
Yes, she was the Big East Sixth Player of the Year, an honor necessarily reserved for someone who works from the bench. Yes, she has come off the bench in 31 of 32 games for the Bluejays. But Maly? A bench player? That isn’t how he sees her.
“She’s not a bench player,” Flanery explained. “We just don’t start her.”
Against No. 3 Iowa State on Friday, it was easy to see how such a contradiction in terms could feel perfectly logical.