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Candice Wiggins: A brief interview
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Candice Wiggins (11) is more aggressive now/AP photo Hannah Foslien
Former Stanford star Candice Wiggins had just completed her Thursday practice with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA when she conducted a brief telephone interview with examiner.com.
With the injury to the Lynx’s top scorer, Seimone Augustus, Wiggins has taken on a new role, and the team has done so well that there has been talk of Wiggins being an MVP contender. Although that is a long shot, her coach, Jen Gillom, told the Minneapolis Tribune last week, “When Seimone was in, Candice would take the back role. But now she’s really stepping out to the plate and showing how good she really is.”
Wiggins said on Thursday the team has changed since Augustus’ injury.
“She was a big part of our team, she did a lot for us, and there was a little mourning period,” Wiggins said.
The Lynx lost their first game without Augustus by 28 points, but have won four of five games since then heading into Friday’s game against San Antonio.
“We’ve become more of a team now,” Wiggins said. “And that’s the environment I thrive in – like at Stanford.”
She scored more than 20 points in the first two Minnesota wins since losing Augustus, and she knows she has to be more of an offensive threat now. But Wiggins says her leadership style is a little different from Augustus’.
“For me, it might not be in scoring, but in talking or in some other ways,” she said. “I look for my shot at the appropriate times, but I don’t like to force things. If they key on me, I’m going to find the open player.”
Wiggins, who has played both the off-guard and point-guard role in Augustus’ absence, makes a subtle distinction between being more of an offensive force and putting up more points. When asked whether she has made a conscious effort to score now, Wiggins said, “I’ve made a conscious effort to be more aggressive. I might look to score, but I’m not going to shoot every time.”
She said she enjoyed her season playing in Spain and expects to play in Europe again this winter, although she is not sure where.
And she still keeps up with the Stanford women’s basketball team.
“For sure,” she said. “Those are some of my closest friends – Tara (VanDerveer) and Jayne (Appel).”
And she has high hopes for the Cardinal’s coming season.
“I think they’re going to win a national championship – like I do every year,” she said.
Wiggins' 2009 statistics: 14.3 points, 38.6 three-point percentage, 2.8 assists, 90.4 free-throw percentage, 32.3 minutes (most on the team)
WIGGINS' TEAM WINS IN OVERTIME
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