UTC women’s basketball player Lakelyn Bouldin practices during a team practice in the Chattem practice facility on campus Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.Lakelyn Bouldin had to do a bit of everything during her time as a basketball standout for Van Buren High School. Now at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, her role has been greatly reduced.
But Mocs coach Jim Foster fully believes she’ll fit in just fine.
The 5-foot-7 freshman guard, who was named Class A Miss Basketball her senior season, has settled into a backup guard role for the Mocs in the preseason. She averaged 21 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.4 steals as a senior last season, leading the Eaglettes to the state tournament for the first time in school history.
“She knows how to play,” Foster said Tuesday. “When you know how to play, you just fit in very quickly no matter what position she’s playing or whatever it is we’re in.
“She just understands the game.”