Syla Swords

South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao dribbles into a pick-and-roll set by Sania Feagin while defended by Oklahoma Sooners guard Reyna Scott trying to feel out the screen

Adding team context to player development projections

By Emily Adler / March 9, 2025

Why our subconscious process should be systemitized

Graphic with photo of Syla Swords (12) posing while wearing a Team Canada jersey and holding a basketball with the text "Paris 2024" and Olympic rings engraved on it in her right hand. Locked On Women's Basketball logo at top right. White text on orange background reads "Syla Swords makes Olympic history".

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Michigan freshman Syla Swords speaks about her Olympic experience

By The Next / March 5, 2025

Swords: ‘I was practicing with WNBA players every day for three or four months straight. So you’re going to get better, whether you try to or not’

Syla Swords dribbles for Michigan.

After an offseason of tumult in Ann Arbor, freshman Syla Swords has steadied the ship

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / November 14, 2024

Michigan’s highest-ranked recruit has already made a major impact

Close-up photos of two freshmen, South Carolina's Joyce Edwards and Ohio State's Jaloni Cambridge, are displayed side by side. The text "Key freshmen in CBB" is overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the orange Locked On Women's Basketball logo is in the top right corner.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Who have been the most impressive freshmen to start the 2024-25 season?

By The Next / November 9, 2024

Several of them faced off on Monday when South Carolina narrowly topped Michigan

Canada’s Sami Hill has her shot blocked by France’s Marième Badiane

Takeaways from Canada’s Olympic opener loss to France

By Hayley McGoldrick / July 29, 2024

The team dropped a 75-54 decision to Les Braqueuses

Ohio State wing Cotie McMahon pictured smiling with text 'FIBA U19 Preview'

Top prospects to watch at 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup

By Hunter Cruse / July 12, 2023

A tournament for the stars of tomorrow begins Saturday