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Brenda Frese must have a Minnesota mindset right now...Ode, Oehrlein, and Mack all received offers from Maryland in the last 24 hours (Mack and Ode are Fury teammates).
Brenda Frese must have a Minnesota mindset right now...Ode, Oehrlein, and Mack all received offers from Maryland in the last 24 hours (Mack and Ode are Fury teammates).
Jordan Ode HighlightsDid the Ode offer from Minnesota come recently? I thought that came from Whalen and not the current coach, so I sorta doubt how valid and/or recent all those are.
When I saw that post I wondered if she posted that to try to raise her stock because she doesn't seem to have any offers from any basketball powerhouses (someone correct me if I am wrong...I am not super familiar with the WBB college landscape beyond the big hitters and a few select schools). I suspect she thinks she's Top 10 program material, but in seeing her play several times, I just don't think she's at that level.
Madison Francis
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Divine Bourrage
ESPN HoopGurlz No. 9
6-0
Point guard
Davenport North (IA) | All Iowa Attack
To watch Bourrage play is to watch an excellent display of the transition attack in basketball. When the ball is outlet to her, whether make or miss, she smoothly and quickly advances the ball up the floor with minimal dribbles. There were numerous examples of her getting to the paint after an opponent made basket before 4-5 seconds had come off the shot clock.
Bourrage is an extremely skilled big guard who rebounds the ball skillfully. She is shifty with her handle and uses her body well at the rim and even in post-up situations. She can score the ball from all three levels and since she added the major improvement from the 3-point line this year (it hovered around 15% last year on the 16U level only to improve to 50% this year on the 17U level), she is very hard to guard as a single defender, especially in transition. This opens things up for her to create for teammates as defenses have to commit a couple of bodies to her to slow down the ball. She helped take her squad to the EYBL championship game by averaging 10.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 4.3 assists. She had a very strong showing in that game going 4-for-4 from the 3 and scoring 21 points.
Defensively, she uses her big frame to disrupt the opposing team's point guard and rebound to ignite the fast break.
Bourrage is good without the ball in her hands as well as she understands the timing and execution of cuts and execution of sets. Her recruitment is all over the map and includes: Michigan, Florida, Illinois, Iowa State, Iowa, Ohio State, Rutgers, Georgia, Indiana, Purdue, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Utah, Nebraska, Michigan State, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kansas State, Baylor, Minnesota, and North Carolina State.
Interesting that they have her listed as AIA since it looks like she left the club. Yesterday AIA posted about their 2025 and 2026 nationally ranked players and today they have a video introducing their 17U EYBL team and she wasn't in either, though surprisingly, it looks like North Tartan lost Aaliyah Crump and Della Lamb out of Missouri lost Addison Bjorn to AIA, which seems to be turning itself into the Midwest destination club for super elite players. Just shows the AAU transfer portal is alive and well! Now we'll just see if Coach P can form a relationship with AIA and get some of that talent here in the years to come.WBB recruiting: The stars of the 2023 summer circuit
As the prep season slowly approaches, it's time to look at the best recruits of the summer circuitwww.espn.com
2025 guard Rainey Welson (#52 ESPN HoopGurlz) from Hortonville H.S., Wisconsin (North Tartan) is following Minnesota, Wisconsin, Green Bay, and Marquette on X (Twitter).
Jordan Ode commits to Michigan State. For those that know her game, is this a Gopher loss?
Besides Aaliyah Crump, she's the only 2025 in Minnesota ranked by ESPN. She's ranked #3 in the state by Prep Girls Hoops and #2 by Jr. All Star. She just got back from Wooten 150. She is a great shooter...I think I saw her hit 7 in a game once. That being said, she doesn't seem to be much of a team player and I think learning to use her teammates more is an area of growth for her. Her AAU team has never made it to the state championship despite being stacked with talent (including having Addi Mack, who is also top 3 per Prep Girls Hoops and Jr. All Star and Autumn McCall, who committed to St Thomas very early this year) and I don't believe her high school team has made it to the state tournament, either (they were upset by Roseville in the section final last spring). She had posted awhile back that she had 20 offers, including Michigan State, so clearly the talent is there, but I'm not that upset about this. A little surprised she picked Michigan State of the offers she had, but maybe since they have a brand new coach they're rebuilding and she'll get significant playing time immediately. Pure speculation...I don't know anything about Michigan State's program.
Jordan Ode commits to Michigan State. For those that know her game, is this a Gopher loss?
I saw highlights of her against Maddie and thought she was a good player. I hope to get to see Hortonville girls play this year.2025 guard Rainey Welson (#52 ESPN HoopGurlz) from Hortonville H.S., Wisconsin (North Tartan) is following Minnesota, Wisconsin, Green Bay, and Marquette on X (Twitter).
What I don’t like is Coach Cosgrove never seems to want girls to be Gophers. The one time I spoke to him….i got the impression he wanted his athletes to go “bigger” (UConn, SC….)I watched the interview on the post above, Crump is very tight lipped at this point. Hopefully the recent win over Michigan and upward trajectory of this program gets her excited. I Like the fact that Cosgrove said Minnesota hit a home run with Coach Plitzuweit which is very evident !
Looks like she is heading to Maryland - was hoping Coach P would be able to get this WI kid. With how the season is going and the injuries selling MN has to be hard.2025 guard Rainey Welson (#52 ESPN HoopGurlz) from Hortonville H.S., Wisconsin (North Tartan) is following Minnesota, Wisconsin, Green Bay, and Marquette on X (Twitter).