With the mercurial growth of women’s basketball, the sport has been increasingly played above the rim in recent years. As such, a dynamic class of elite shot blockers has emerged in college basketball, so here’s a look at the 10 best from around the country:
1. Cameron Brink, Stanford (3.5 blocks/game last season)
While limited to just 24 minutes per game by Stanford’s tremendously talented 13-woman rotation, Brink was still extremely impactful while on the floor last season in red and white, leading the entire nation with 5.6 blocks per 40 minutes.
Standing 6-foot, 4-inches, Brink is unflappable in the paint with strength to absorb contact from bruising post players while maintaining enough mobility to complete trailing blocks on penetrating guards.
In a 36-minute outing against Oregon last season, Brink managed a 10-block triple-double and swatted seven shots in 34 minutes in Stanford’s final NCAA tournament bout against Ole Miss, so a deserved minutes increase for Brink this year could yield even loftier defensive numbers for the two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.
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