{"id":547934,"date":"2026-01-20T01:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/547934\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:48:12","slug":"how-sophomore-gabby-reynolds-is-leading-george-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/547934\/","title":{"rendered":"How sophomore Gabby Reynolds is leading George Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

Less than a month after McCombs\u2019 departure, GWU announced<\/a> the hiring of Ganiyat Adeduntan on March 20. Adeduntan<\/a> recruited Reynolds while she was the head coach at Colgate, and she\u2019d always liked Reynolds\u2019 game. She saw skill sets she likes to coach and have within her system, and was excited to have the opportunity to coach Reynolds. Adeduntan asked Reynolds to meet her the day she arrived on campus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI met with her that evening, and we just had a really great conversation,\u201d Reynolds told The IX Basketball. \u201cI had a feeling that she had really pure intentions; she was a relationship-driven coach, and she wants what\u2019s best for me on and off the court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd she\u2019s shown that with not just her words, but her actions as well. And so when we had that conversation, it was very eye-opening for me, and I didn\u2019t have to second-guess it at all. I actually told her \u2026 I think it was the next day. I was like \u2026 \u2018I\u2019m all in, and I\u2019m excited to see what you have to build here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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At the age of 7, Reynolds started playing basketball at the local YMCA. Reynolds was naturally athletic and always had a ball in her hand. While dribbling came easily to her, shooting was something she had to work on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At age 9, Reynolds realized she wanted to play college basketball, and over the years, watching Kelsey Mitchell<\/a>, Arike Ogunbowale<\/a> and Sabrina Ionescu<\/a> further inspired her to want to do so.<\/p>\n

After she received her first offer her freshman year of high school, she knew playing in college was a dream she could accomplish. Getting the offer also helped her realize the potential she had, and she began meeting with her trainer, Jorddan Myrick, almost every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the summer before Reynolds\u2019 freshman season at GWU, then sophomore Kamari Sims<\/a> noticed that Reynolds asked a lot of questions. Sims saw how much Reynolds wanted to learn more about basketball and know how the team operated, and how doing that helped Reynolds.<\/p>\n

\u201cGabby likes to learn and grow every day,\u201d Sims told The IX basketball. \u201cSo, just asking the upperclassmen and the coaches that had been here for a while, just about little things, either offensive or defensively, that showed that she wanted to know more and definitely just keep continuing to grow her freshman year.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a freshman, Reynolds averaged<\/a> 10.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals and was named<\/a> to the Atlantic 10\u2019s All-Rookie team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have \u2026 a terrible freshman year, but I knew that I had more in me,\u201d Reynolds said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This season, Sims has seen Reynolds flourish after Reynolds shifted from being a point guard to her more natural position as a shooting guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love playing at the 2,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cI feel like that was actually hard for me last year \u2026 being the facilitator. In high school, I was never really the facilitator. I did play at the 1, but that\u2019s not \u2026 my true position. \u2026 [Being] at the 2 throughout this year has been really good for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reynolds is averaging<\/a> 13.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Reynolds believes she\u2019s been able to better implement feedback this season. During GWU\u2019s Dec. 21 game against Northwestern, Adeduntan talked to Reynolds about the adjustments she wanted to see from her. Reynolds finished the game with 21 points, six rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was talking to her there in the first half, and even in the locker room, it was all head nods, like, \u2018Yeah, yep, got it. Yep, let\u2019s go.\u2019 And that\u2019s how she came back out,\u201d Adeduntan told reporters after the game. \u201cThere was no defeat in her. It was like, \u2018Okay, I know I gotta be better.\u2019 \u2026 And she wasn\u2019t just better offensively. \u2026 She was aggressive defensively for us, helped us get rebounds as well.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Adeduntan\u2019s early conversations with Reynolds, she talked about the areas she saw an opportunity for Reynolds to improve, including shot selection. Going into her sophomore season, Reynolds wanted to be more efficient on offense.<\/p>\n

Reynolds always knew she was capable of being a good shooter, but finding her rhythm and confidence to knock down shots more efficiently has helped her this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the offseason, Reynolds spent a lot of time using a shooting machine called The Gun, which eliminates the need for a human rebounder. She also spent time shooting around the court to learn what shots are \u201cgreat\u201d for her, working with her coaching staff and with Myrick when she was home during breaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last season, Reynolds shot<\/a> 34.9% from the floor, 38.6% on 2-pointers and 28.2% on 3-pointers. This season, she is shooting<\/a> 44.3% from the floor, 49.6% on 2-pointers and 36.4% on 3-pointers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After Adeduntan saw the hard work Reynolds put in and how much she wanted to get better, she challenged Reynolds to be a better two-way player.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought she was very much reliant on just going through the motions on the defensive end and wanted to play as hard as she can on the offensive end,\u201d Adeduntan told The IX Basketball. \u201c\u2026 And she rose to the occasion. She responded to the challenge. And now she\u2019s rebounding at a high clip. She\u2019s defending a lot better. She has a lot more intensity on that side of the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Knowing there\u2019s always something to improve on and having the opportunity to get better every day make basketball fun for Reynolds. In addition to watching film with her coaches to get better, Reynolds is in the gym at all hours getting shots up by herself or with teammates she\u2019s encouraged to come with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cShe loves the grind. She loves getting better,\u201d Sims said. \u201cShe loves working on things that\u2019s going well for her and that\u2019s not going well for her. She loves her pull-up game, so she\u2019s constantly working on pull-up moves, counter moves and things like that. \u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s just constantly in the gym. And I think you can see that throughout her game. \u2026 The shots that she\u2019s able to knock down off the move and how quick she\u2019s able to hit shots doesn\u2019t just happen randomly in the game. It shows that she works off the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the team\u2019s Dec. 6 game against Brown, Reynolds went 7-for-8 from the free throw line over the last 97 seconds to score the Revolutionaries\u2019 final 7 points and secure the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the game, Adeduntan told reporters that the team spends time during and outside of practice shooting free throws.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou gotta see that ball go in. Your confidence is built by the work that you put in,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd \u2026 Gabby puts in work \u2014 so that\u2019s why she was able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

This season, Adeduntan has seen Reynolds lead by example and work on using her voice. In huddles during practices and games, Reynolds speaks up about not just what she sees and expects for herself, but also what the team should do.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s being a lot more intentional with speaking up. \u2018Cause she\u2019s smart, she understands the game and [is] trying to help others \u2026 in an encouraging and also in a constructive way,\u201d Adeduntan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sims has seen the growth in Reynolds\u2019 leadership as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like last year it was a bit tough as a freshman, running point guard, trying to direct the team and just being comfortable having that voice off the court,\u201d Sims said. \u201c\u2026 I\u2019m not gonna say she didn\u2019t talk at all freshman year, but there\u2019s definitely been huge steps this year with her leadership on the court and off the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Reynolds spends a lot of time with her teammates, hanging out and making jokes, but when it\u2019s time to be serious, she is there as someone who can offer advice or listen. Sims believes the relationships Reynolds has built off the court translate to the court and make it easier for her to offer praise or criticism.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever \u2026 [she\u2019s] telling you things that you did wrong or that you did good \u2026 you\u2019ll just be able to take it on, because you know that \u2026 Gabby is \u2026 coming from a good place,\u201d Sims said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reynolds wears No. 1 not only to remind herself to play like the best player on the court, but also because she never wants to be second to anyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ahead of this season, Reynolds was named<\/a> to the preseason all-conference second team, and while she hopes to see her name on the end-of-season awards list, she\u2019s focused on getting better and helping her team improve. Adeduntan hopes that if Reynolds keeps working hard, she\u2019ll be able to help the team become one of the best in the Atlantic 10 Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With more than two seasons of college basketball left, Adeduntan wants Reynolds to continue to be a go-to player for the Revolutionaries on both sides of the floor. She also wants to see Reynolds add to her skillset so she\u2019s able to continue to be effective when opposing teams try to take something away. Adeduntan believes that Reynolds has the potential to be one of the best players in the A-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sims has enjoyed seeing Reynolds step up and grow this season, especially after their discussions about their expectations for the team and themselves this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like \u2026 watching my sister flourish,\u201d Sims said. \u201cAnd it makes me feel really good, and it pushes me to be better as well. And, yeah, I\u2019m \u2026 excited for where she will take this team \u2026 and where she\u2019ll take herself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than a month after McCombs\u2019 departure, GWU announced the hiring of Ganiyat Adeduntan on March 20. Adeduntan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3724],"tags":[75239,20239,7,75240,75241,6122,75242,9017],"class_list":{"0":"post-547934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-2025-26-atlantic-10-season","9":"tag-atlantic-10","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-gabby-reynolds","12":"tag-ganiyat-adeduntan","13":"tag-george-washington","14":"tag-kamari-sims","15":"tag-ncaaw"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115924913743563207","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}