Basketball has been good to Tayler Bennett.
It not only allowed her to study architecture and interior design, but also has taken her to Norway and Malta. Bennett began her collegiate career at Rice, playing three seasons for the Owls before transferring to Academy of Art University for her final season. Last season, she played for Caffe Moak Luxol in Malta, averaging 17.8 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.8 steals per game.
While she’s looking for a new team, she found time to talk about the differences between Division I and Division II basketball, cooking at home and following your dreams. Some highlights from our conversation include:
On her father being her assistant coach in high school:
He was very good at finding the balance. When I stepped on the court, he put his basketball hat on, and when we step off the court, he gets to put his dad hat back on. So whatever he said to me on the court, I knew it was from coming from my coach. If I had questions about it afterwards, we could just talk about it. Or a play or practice or anything that came to mind. There was never any type of, “Oh, my gosh, he’s being so hard on me today. Why is my dad doing that?” No, we we definitely knew how to keep…
