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The Arizona women’s basketball team hosted two of the top 2022 recruits in the country this week in five-star point guard Chance Gray and five-star forward Grace VanSlooten.
Gray is the No. 7 player in the class and No. 2 point guard, according to ESPN. VanSlooten is the No. 13 player and No. 3 forward in the class.
Both are from Ohio and have been AAU teammates with Sports City U. They posted about their visits on social media:
Thank you @ArizonaWBB for an official visit!! pic.twitter.com/fHyxdQ2JHC
— chance gray (@chancegrayy) July 1, 2021
Arizona head coach Adia Barnes, who is not able to comment on recruits, hinted that they were on campus.
Take your chance on us Queen!
— ADIA BARNES COPPA ⬇️ ❤️ (@AdiaBarnes) June 29, 2021
Amazing Grace…how sweet the sound.
— ADIA BARNES COPPA ⬇️ ❤️ (@AdiaBarnes) June 29, 2021
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Arizona is one of 10 finalists for Gray, who is also considering Maryland, Michigan State, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Ohio State, Oregon and UCLA. Aside from the UA, the 5-foot-9 guard has visited Oregon, Ohio State and UCLA.
“Confident lead-guard with combo-game skills handles and weaves through the defense, distributes in uptempo game,” reads her ESPN scouting report. “Mid-range game creator moves to the arc; unselfish playmaker, looks for the assist.”
VanSlooten, a 6-foot-3 post, is also considering Duke, North Carolina, Gonzaga, Baylor, Oregon, UCLA, Michigan, Clemson and Arizona State. She has visited Gonzaga and Oregon so far.
“I like the west coast a lot, and honestly, I don’t really like the midwest.” VanSlooten told DuckTerritory.com. “It was just breathtaking out there. We did a little bit of sightseeing. It was amazing.”
ESPN describes VanSlooten’s game as “agile stretch-4 competes on the glass, rebounds and handles in uptempo game; triple-threat attack keeps the defense honest to the arc; creates, drives and delivers in traffic; emerges as an elite front court prospect in the class of 2022.”
So far, Arizona’s 2022 class consists of combo guard Kailyn Gilbert out of Florida and 6-foot-4 post Maya Nnaji out of Minnesota. Both are top-20 recruits.