Krista Bird

 6'3 Center

       Sophomore             Junior

Krista came to Wisconsin with a reputation as a shooter and she's lived up to it.  She has a nice shooting touch to about 16 feet and absolutely no reluctance to shoot the ball.  But she's also been basically a one-dimensional player.  For her size, she isn't a good rebounder and she simply refused to block out on free throws.  Bird is a physical player and she usually works hard on defense but her feet just won't move fast enough to keep her from being a defensive liability.  It's her feet, at least one of them, that will likely end up defining her time at Wisconsin.  Krista missed most of her freshman year with a broken bone in her foot and she broke the same bone this year.  I don't know how that will impact her future, but it's dominated her first two years here.  In any event, she's likely to be the fourth post player next year and should get limited minutes unless her defense and rebounding improve.
 
 
 
 
GP/GS
Min
Av Min
FG
FGA
FG%
3P
3PA
3P%
FT
FTA
FT%
97-8
10/0
 35
  3.5
 2
  8
.250
0
0
.000
4
 4
1.000
98-9
14/0
181 
12.9
18
49
.367
0
0
.000
4
 9
.444
Total
24/0
216
 9.0
20
57
.351
0
0
.000
8
13
.615
High
 
 
 
4
8 
 
0
0
 
2
 4
 

 
 
 
Off Reb
Def Reb
Tot Reb
Av Reb
Ass
TO
Blk
Stl
Pf-D
Pts
Av
97-8
  4
 7
11
 1.1
0
4
1
0
3-0
 8
 .8
98-9
 13
21 
34 
2.4
3 
 9 
 4 
8 
21-0 
40
2.9 
Total
  17 
28 
45 
 1.9 
3 
13 
 5 
8 
24-0 
48 
2.0 
High
 
 
 9 
 
13 
 
 2 
2 
 
 8 
 

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