Sides ‘Always Dreamed of Doing This’

Taryn Sides sits in a postgame news conference. She has just scored a career-high 10 points and grabbed five rebounds in 20 minutes in a game against Jackson State on December 1. She is a 5-foot-6 freshman point guard from Phillipsburg, Kansas, a town of about 2,400 residents, which is home to the Majestic Theatre, Fort Bissell Museum, and the C&R Railroad.