For these two, the journey to this stage of the sport has been a long time coming. Palmer and Emma-Nnopu have been each other’s backbone as they have navigated injuries, new countries and the intricacies of college basketball.
Palmer, Utah’s starting point guard, will play against her best friend in a journey that has been a long time coming
“She hid all the scouting [notebooks], and we hung out at her house the night before the game,” Utah’s starting point guard recalled. “That night she’d actually tell me she was starting. The next day, she was marking me and she didn’t divulge that information. I laughed like, ‘You idiot.’As Palmer would put it, she and Emma-Nnopu are best mates.
Stanford guard Agnes Emma-Nnopu passes the ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Washington State, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Pullman, Wash. When Emma-Nnopu and Palmer were there, they won a bronze medal with the U17 Australia World Cup team. Around that same time, they set their sights on playing college basketball.But life took a different course. Palmer, a year older, ventured off to Texas to start her career. She began recruiting Emma-Nnopu to follow her and played in 27 games as a true freshman. Emma-Nnopu took an official visit to Texas. But after that season, staff changes in Austin led both of them to reconsider.
Even then it wasn’t smooth sailing. Palmer sat out the 2021 season due to injuries. Throughout her career she had a Lisfranc injury in both of her feet — a relatively uncommon issue where the bones and ligaments tear apart. In many instances, it is career-altering.
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