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TCP: Who are your top three favorite
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TCP: What are some things you worked
during the offseason?
Paige Downer (#3): Mac MWer, D aB ab J
and Ella
Kat H ilto n\# n): Ca^We just have t h e l
same o n e s ? T |p ^ ^ w e ’re roommatls H
so we kind of listen to a lot of the sa m i
music.
K ’wan Carter (#30): Roddy Ricch, R q
Wave and Lil Wayne.
Rob Ford (#20): Lil Wayne,
don’t know, throw in Drake.
x Kat Hilton; Coach [Kurt Guelsdorf]
personally wrote Sut what he wanted each
of us to WOrk cm. So,j»fer the summer,
wnWeVSbl could get in the gym I’d just
go shoot around you know.
k. ...iffge downer: For me, I would say it’s
.p ro b ab ly more mental. I wanted to work
KT on my mentality because I get mad at
^ynyself easily you know? I know I can do
better and I push myself kind of hard, so I
‘wanted to be a better leader and I kind of
E wante<ftojust be positive for the team.
■ K ’wan Cartejjflfteally it was just more
conditioning bejfogse I do run track. It’s
f e . - ™ n n i n g 4 e a l l y . Conditioning-
^W tse^dst getting my lungs together was
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most of it.
Rob Ford: Just in the gym, putting up
shots, you know, getting the core right.
And then we’d gotten here a little early
witl^pur team, got practices going and got
people building chemistry.
TCP: W hat’ s your favorite
Paige Downer: Either the
both Oregon and Oregon State’s
basketball teams are really good
Kat Hilton: The Cougars.
K ’wan Carter: NFL-wise I like the Saints.
Basketball? LA show, you know? It’s
Lakeshow, West Coast best coast. Come
on now.
Rob Ford: I only really watch the playoffs
so I don’t really keep close with a team.
I’m from Portland, so I mean, I like the
Blazers.
TCP: What are your plans after CCC?
TCP: Do you have any players that you
model your game after?
a four year, continue my education an*
hopefully go somewhere to play softball
Paige Downer: After this, I’m probabl'
going to be hanging up the shoes. I’n
going to focus on my major, (accounting
and decide where to go, so, kind of jus
focus on that. Figure out what I want t<
r do in toe future and stuff, it’s definitely
gonna be hard not playing basketball, bu
T think it’s time to just focus on that
K ’wan Carter: I’m plarining on going tc
the next level at a four year
Rob Ford: Right now I’m just playing
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basketball and having fun, bul
M S B ^ id in g offers from Pacific University
R » ^ P S U , Concordia, Western Oregon, CaL
State Dominguez. Right now I’m just
playing.
Paige Downer: I’d say either Damian
Lillard or Steph Curry.
Kat Hilton: For me, softball is my main
sport. So for softball I’d say Sis Bates
from University o f Washington.
K ’wan Carter: I try to model it as a Patrick
Beverly. Just an all-out-dog on defense.
Rob Ford: Allen Iverson.
TCP: W hat is it about your team ’ s
m entality that allows you to stay in
games and stay com petitive?
Paige Downer: I mean, I don’t think
anyone likes losing. We’re all here for a
reason. We’re not going to show up and
be like, "O h, you know, let’s play, let’s
have fu n .” We want to win. We know
we’re good and we love playing together.
Kat Hilton: I think a lot of it is that Kurt
[Guelsdorf] and Jim [Martineau] really
hold us accountable. Not only are they
coaching us, but they remind us why we
want to play and why we’re here.
Interviews by Nick Schwada
Photo illustration by Jonathan Villagomez
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