February 6, 2025
Locked On Women’s Basketball: Hull and Stevens talk Unrivaled
Stevens: 'It's ... so cool to get to play with players that have [so] much experience'
On the latest episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, host Gigi Speer is joined by Lexie Hull of the Indiana Fever and Azura Stevens of the LA Sparks, who play together in the Unrivaled league with Rose BC. They discuss everything under the sun with Speer — training, competing, their favorite places to eat, and more.
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Speer opens the show by discussing Hull’s background and how she got to where she is. “I didn’t really think I was gonna play professionally when I went to college,” Hull says. “It was never a dream of mine … but coming up to my senior year, I didn’t want to be done.”
Speer fasts forward and asks Hull what it’s like being not only in the WNBA, but also with Unrivaled, and teammates with Chelsea Gray. “It’s great to be on the receiving end of them,” Hull says. “And it’s like, so cool to get to play with players that have that much experience.”
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Later on, Speer talks with Stevens about her own background, including transferring from Duke to UConn. “Going into it, I didn’t think I was going to transfer,” Stevens says. She acknowledges that part of her draw to Duke was that it was close to home. “[But] I felt like, after a couple of years, it was time for me to make a change.’
Speer closes out her conversation with Stevens by discussing the upcoming Unrivaled 1v1 tournament. “It’s going to be fun,” Stevens said. “It’s going to be competitive.”
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