Kelsey Mitchell set 29 single-season or single-game records as a freshman, and led the country with 24.9 PPG. Graham Hays, espnW.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. 0 Shares print COLUMBUS, Ohio — The better the original, the more difficult the sequel. Such perils might seem apt when it comes to the sophomore season of someone who was the first freshman in NCAA history to lead the nation in scoring. Despite playing in the Big Ten and against the 19th-best schedule in the country, Kelsey Mitchell exceeded the hype that accompanied an in-state product to Ohio State. One of the nation’s top recruits, she nonetheless surprised most, her coach included, with just how easily she bent the college game to her will. To improve on a season in which she averaged 24.9 points per game, led the Buckeyes back to the NCAA tournament after a two-year absence and was an All-American seems daunting, if not impossible. Unless, of course, your review of that debut was more scathing than glowing. Unless you are this blunt when asked what wasn’t good enough about the original. “Honestly, everything,” Mitchell said. Come again? “My maturity level was not where it was supposed to be,” Mitchell elaborated…
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