NEW YORK— Satou and Nyara Sabally were never competitive with each other growing up in Germany. Their mom made sure of that. The sisters, two years apart in...
“Maybe we might have played a game of horse at some point, but no, we wouldn’t play 1-on-1 because it really just wasn’t a thing,” she said. “We’re both excited to share the floor, whether it’s with each other or against each other, because we haven’t done that before.”
“She’s going to cry. She’s going to have tears in her eyes,” Satou said of her mom. “I already know that.” The Saballys were teammates at Oregon, but never had the chance to be on the court at the same time. Nyara tore her ACL before her freshman year and then re-tore it playing for the German national team.
“All through college she was saying every time, ‘Satou, I just want to play.’ And I knew that every time she came back for the NCAA Tournament here, she always looked great,” Satou said. “And I think now she’s come to a state where she’s adapted to America. You know, coming from a different country, there’s a lot of time to adapt. And I think now her body is at a point where she finally did that and she’s very explosive and good.
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