{"id":294502,"date":"2026-05-15T13:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/294502\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:16:31","slug":"ex-tcu-star-olivia-miles-talks-mark-campbells-impact-on-start-to-wnba-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/294502\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-TCU star Olivia Miles talks Mark Campbell\u2019s impact on start to WNBA career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olivia Miles arrived in Fort Worth<\/a> last year looking to ready herself for the WNBA<\/a> with the TCU Horned Frogs, and after being drafted No. 2 overall<\/a>, she\u2019s quickly establishing herself as a force in the league.<\/p>\n

Miles and the Minnesota Lynx defeated the Dallas Wings 90-86 on Thursday in Arlington. Before the game, Miles talked about TCU coach Marl Campbell\u2019s impact on her.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s been great, so special to be back here,\u201d Miles said. \u201cObviously, a lot of people are gonna be coming to the game from TCU, so credit to them, they\u2019ve got me to where I am now. So it\u2019s just so special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Campbell attended the game and Miles talked about how he helped her find her voice on and off the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cMark allowed me to do that, gave me the freedom that I was so longing for, it literally all year was like Liv, go hoop, and I feel like that kind of translated to the league. In the league, it\u2019s very easy to be put in a box and to, you know, play small or to not be you, especially as a rookie, but I\u2019ve learned that I have to go out there and be me and again, luckily I\u2019m in such a great situation where I have coaches who kind of allow me to do that, and I can express myself more, both on and off the court,\u201d said Miles.<\/p>\n

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While it\u2019s only been three games, Miles has gotten her career off to a hot start, entering Thursday\u2019s game making 60% of her shots at the rim, showing of her scoring prowess while also averaging 7.5 assists per game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have my coaches and my team\u2019s support already, that\u2019s all I can ask for, they give me so much confidence. They need me to attack and put pressure on the rim, and obviously I can pass the ball, so it helps the rest of our team as well,\u201d said Miles. \u201cI think a lot of it is credited again to my time at TCU and just Coach Mark allowing me to get a lot of reps in a pro-like system, but ultimately, obviously, I\u2019m very gifted and talented, so I\u2019ll be able to use those gifts to my advantage in the league, when you have a great IQ and a good feel for the game, it can translate kinda anywhere, so I\u2019m just blessed that I have that talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite being new to the league, Miles isn\u2019t afraid to back down, evident when she started jawing with Phoenix Mercury star Alyssa Thomas.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not scared of a challenge. Obviously, I respect every opponent, but at the end of the day, it\u2019s basketball out there and you gotta hold your own,\u201d said Miles.<\/p>\n

Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve talked about what she\u2019s seen out of the rookie so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Liv is appropriately humble but also confident at the same time,\u201d said Reeve. \u201cShe\u2019s been very mature, very curious, funny, all the things \u2026 she basically gets people easy shots, you run everything through her, she has a real knack for knowing when to call her number and then also generating easy shots with her vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While it\u2019s only her third game, Miles acknowledged the WNBA schedule as the biggest adjustment for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the frequency of games, it\u2019s a lot of games, I know we\u2019re only in Game 3, but I played obviously the other day and then now I had to travel a different time zone, and play again tonight,\u201d said Miles. \u201cTaking care of your body is really important, but again, like Minnesota has tip-top facilities, training, people, staff to get you there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miles performs in the clutch<\/p>\n

The Lynx came into Thursday\u2019s game against the Dallas Wings looking for their second win of the season and Miles looked in tip-top shape continuing her excellent play in the Lynx\u2019s 90-86 win putting up 15 points, six assists and a block.<\/p>\n

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Miles scoring and passing ability was on display on three straight possessions that came with under two minutes left in the game, the first was finding Natasha Howard on a cutting layup to tie the game, then tying it up herself on a layup after an Odyssey Sims jumper, then finding Howard once again with 51 second remaining to give the Lynx a lead they wouldn\u2019t relinquish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivia Miles arrived in Fort Worth last year looking to ready herself for the WNBA with the TCU…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[107480,107479,14421,116,118,117,32789,107289,99810,29194,32893,853,14422],"class_list":["post-294502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-alyssa-thomas","tag-cheryl-reeve","tag-dallas-wings","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-minnesota-lynx","tag-natasha-howard","tag-odyssey-sims","tag-olivia-miles","tag-phoenix-mercury","tag-tcu","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}