WOME N' S B A S K E T B A LL TIMES FAST Speedy Dara Taylor
brings PSU needed depth at point guard
are the Lady Lions' marquee players, having recently won first-team presea- son All-Big Ten honors. Taylor, a red- shirt junior point guard, is just getting started after sitting out last season following her transfer from Maryland. But those who know her best say
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Taylor won't remain anonymous for very long now that she's back in action. "Dara was always a showstopper on the court," said Kristin Caldwell, her coach at Caravel Academy High in Bear, Del. "She was always so humble about her physical gifts." Taylor remembers her first tryout for
the Caravel team. "I was thinking, I'm going to play some JV, get a little bit of varsity time," she said. Caldwell had other ideas, telling Tay-
lor, "There's no way you're going to play JV." The coach followed through, too, putting Taylor on the varsity squad as a ninth-grader. To keep in shape after Caravel's bas- ketball season, Taylor joined the track
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ara Taylor hasn't been in the spotlight since arriving at Penn State to re-launch her college basketball career. Junior Maggie Lucas and senior Alex Bentley
TAYLOR MADE After playing two seasons at Maryland, Tay- lor is suiting up for the Lady Li- ons, giving Alex Bentley a true backup at the point.
