ESPN.com: 'Ashley Has Arrived'

Feb. 16, 2008

Special to ESPN.com by Mechelle Voepel

Gosh, maybe it's worse that Ashley Paris is so darn decent about it.

Perhaps it would be better if she kind of sneered at you and said, "I'm talking about Ashley. Only Ashley. You've heard of Ashley, right? You better have heard. Ashley has arrived. Ashley is here."

But, of course, Ashley is absolutely nothing like that. She's humble, gracious and very intelligent, traits that both Paris twins have in abundance...

Oh, darn it. I did it already. See, I was just going to just talk about Ashley Paris, the Oklahoma junior post who averages 12.0 points and 7.4 rebounds. I wanted to tell you about "AP5" and not immediately segue into "CP3," but it's just hard to do.

I went to talk with Ashley after a game recently and found myself asking, "When you're both on the court playing so well, does it feel like the really good old days in high school in California?"

Arrgggh!!! Why did I say that? Why not treat Ashley like she's just Ashley -- not part of a package deal?

But Ashley doesn't even blink. She just smiles...

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