This player has had an unusual history at Tennessee. Marta was a freshman during the Covid 2020 season and started 14 games. She missed 2021 due to injury. Suarez played half of last season (14 games) and went home to Spain on January 4th for personal reasons. It would seem that she should have three years of eligibility left if she opts to exercise them.
2022-2023 University of Tennessee Women's Basketball (PDF) - University of Tennessee Athletics (utsports.com)Marta Suarez was consistent in the two years that she played for the Lady Vols. She scored in the 4+ point range and grabbed 3+ rebounds per game. She is 6-3 but is listed as a guard/forward. Here's her results against Stanford in Palo Alto in 2022. Marta played 17 minutes and scored 7 points. She did not grab a single rebound.
Women's Basketball vs Tennessee on 12/18/2022 - Box Score - Stanford University Athletics (gostanford.com)She also scored 7 points in a home loss to UCLA. Marta played 14 minutes and did collect 4 rebounds in this contest.
Women's Basketball vs UCLA on 11/20/2022 - Box Score - University of Tennessee Athletics (utsports.com)In each game, Suarez took one three point shot and missed. She shot only 18.8% on treys for the season so basically she should not take 'em (IMO). She also is not a good ball handler so I would think that Cal would use her on the inside as a fourth frontline player (forward).
Cal's two Spanish front court players should collaborate and work on improving each others's games.
The one possible positive outcome is that her productivity could increase because she'll likely have a bigger role for the Bears than she did for the Lady Vols. She played on a talented team at Tennessee. There will be much more room for her to expand her PT if she can demonstrate that she deserves it. GO BEARS!
