Archbishop Mitty’s Haley Jones (30) dribbles past Pinewood’s Hannah Jump (24) in the fourth quarter during the Central Coast Section Open Division girls basketball championship game at Santa Clara University’s Leavey Event Center Friday, March 3, 2017, in Santa Clara, Calif. (Jim Gensheimer\/Bay Area News Group) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBut the rivals also were friends and teammates on the Cal Stars elite club basketball team in the East Bay. And when it came time to head to college, both stayed close to their homes and their hearts to play at Stanford.<\/p>\n
While Jones instantly stepped into a starring role, VanDerveer saw Jump fitting as a game-changing offensive spark off the bench. She hit eight 3-pointers in her sixth collegiate game, scoring 24 points against a ranked Syracuse team to help lead Stanford to a win.<\/p>\n
But there was one area of the collegiate game Scheppler knew she\u2019d struggle with: Physicality.\u00a0 VanDerveer saw it right away \u2014 and Jump\u2019s playing time became very inconsistent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she would get in the game, they picked on her. They went right at her. I mean, sometimes she had to come out in two minutes,\u201d VanDerveer said. \u201cBut her competitiveness \u2014 she\u2019s always been a team player, but I think she realized that she wants to contribute at both ends.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jump agreed and knew she needed to improve on her defense entering last offseason. But what she decided to do was try out an entirely different style of basketball: 3-on-3.<\/p>\nCalifornia guard Mia Mastrov, center, tries to get past Stanford guard Hannah Jump, left, and forward Ashten Prechtel, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Stanford, Calif., Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. (AP Photo\/Godofredo A. V\u00e1squez) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIt\u2019s the formal version of schoolyard 3-on-3 with the pace of the pros. Played on a half-court, the ball only needs to clear the 3-point line to change from defense to offense. Baskets inside the 3-point line count as 1 point and beyond the line count as 2 points. Games are played on a rolling 10-minute clock but can end before that if one team scores 21 points.<\/p>\n
Jump suited up for England in 3-on-3 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, about 75 miles south of her birthplace of Warrington. Even against older competition, she starred, finishing second in the tournament in points per game (7) and helping England win a silver medal. She had a blast doing it, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cI fell in love with the game of 3-on-3,\u201d Jump said. \u201cBeing a shooter, it’s a dream world of basketball. The ball was in my hands a lot, so I had to learn to make really quick decisions \u2026 I learned a lot about the physicality of the game but also just kind of learned to slow the game down and make really good reads.\u201d<\/p>\n
To VanDerveer, it was Jump\u2019s defense that grew the most in 3-on-3 and made her into \u201ca different player.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think her playing in the 3-on-3 helped her a lot because she is a much more confident defender,\u201d VanDerveer said of Jump. \u201cEveryone knows she can shoot and she\u2019s got a fabulous shot. But she\u2019s a lot more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jump agreed: \u201cI really think that 3-on-3 helped my defense. You\u2019re basically playing 1-on-1 defense, you can\u2019t have much help in 3-on-3. \u2026 The quick transition, if you miss a shot, you can\u2019t think about it because you\u2019re immediately on defense and you just have to flip that switch.\u201d<\/p>\n
And now, VanDerveer has no hesitation about keeping Jump on the floor, even admitting: \u201cI don\u2019t want to take her off the floor \u2014 I have to, but it\u2019s hard because she\u2019s so valuable.\u201d She played all 40 minutes in that aforementioned game against Tennessee.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think what Hannah has done is inspirational,\u201d VanDerveer said. \u201cShe basically transformed her body from high school to college. She is thick and she is strong. She\u2019s a great teammate, she\u2019s a leader by example. She practices hard. It\u2019s a really exciting story.\u201d<\/p>\nStanford Cardinal’s Hannah Jump (33) looks to pass the ball against South Carolina Gamecocks’ Brea Beal (12) in the first half at Stanford Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAfter growing up going to Stanford summer camps and dreaming of playing for VanDerveer, Jump has pushed any self doubt out of her mind and embraced the opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s always been like a dream and a goal of mine to play here, so to be able to be in my senior year and be starting right now, it feels incredible,\u201d Jump said. \u201cI put in a lot of hard work to get here, a lot of belief and doubling down on myself, knowing that I can and that I belong here. I think that’s been like the biggest thing, it’s been kind of like the mental switch of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jump could play another season at Stanford, using the free year of eligibility every college athlete got from the coronavirus-impacted 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n
If she decides to pursue a professional career, she could first focus her efforts on the 3-on-3 game and try to help Great Britain qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Or she could try to make it in the WNBA, where her shooting ability would presumably be welcomed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason Hannah can play in the WNBA is because the value of having a shooter is now common knowledge,\u201d Scheppler said. \u201cShe\u2019s a floor spacer, and she\u2019s worth 20 points a game whether she scores them (herself) or not.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones, who will almost certainly be a top-four pick in April\u2019s WNBA Draft, added, \u201cI think Hannah\u2019s one of the best shooters in the country, so why would you not see her playing pro somewhere? There\u2019s always going to be a place on a team if you can shoot like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jump\u2019s value in the cutthroat world of the WNBA \u2014 which employs only about 135 players, which is almost a quarter of the spots available in the NBA \u2014 will be up for some debate. Ahead of a Stanford game this year, one WNBA executive at Maples Pavilion said of Jump, \u201cWhat translates to the pro level? She\u2019s got to be able to do more than [shooting]. Specialists are no longer in our league.\u201d<\/p>\n
But so far this season, Jump is showing that she\u2019s not just a specialist. And all the work that she put in to get to this point is leaving a major impression on the coach she grew up wanting to play for.<\/p>\n
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