IOWA CITY, Iowa — When listing the challenges her team faced before its second-round game against Iowa, Georgia coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson drew a blank when she arrived at guard Gabbie Marshall.
“Obviously the cute little one with the eyes; who is that?” Abrahamson-Henderson asked. Someone responded, “They all have eyes.” Georgia coach retorted: “Cute eyes, pretty eyes. … See, women know that. She’s a really good defender and just, I would consider her besides Caitlin (Clark) a sniper. She can knock down shots.”
Marshall, a 5-foot-9 senior from Cincinnati, has green eyes so light they almost match her blonde hair. She ignores Twitter and only learned of Abrahamson-Henderson’s comments through a group chat with teammates. She hopped on social media late Saturday night to discover the context of the coach’s remarks.
“I don’t know how to take it honestly. Do I say thank you?” Marshall said. “Does she not know my name?”
Marshall’s teammates took it differently. And personally.
“I thought it was disrespectful especially for how great Gabbie’s been shooting the ball,” Clark said. “Gabbie does have beautiful eyes, but her name is Gabbie Marshall, just so everybody knows.”
Chances are, everyone who scouts Iowa will remember Marshall’s…
