Extremely athletic. Blakemore combines speed with strength to make her opponents succumb to her physicality on the court. She showcased her basketball instincts on the defensive end by playing impactful help defense. She protected the paint for her team by quickly stepping over and had several blocks that made the offense rethink their interior attack. Blakemore was all over the court and has raw toughness to go.

Blakemore corrected me when I told her I hadn’t seen her in 3 years; she said it was 2, which is perfect because of the variety of ways she scored see evaluations here, so yes, she uses her athleticism on both ends. Baseline-to-baseline pressure was smothering at times, but seeing her attack the basket and finish strongly after contact also looked good. She rebounded, scored around the basket, putbacks included, and also dropped the jumper, but seeing her thread the needle in transition needs to be mentioned as well, because it gave her teammates good looks