Nika is not a "go to" scorer, never was, never will be. However, when Nika got into the game I thought she played very good defense. Park Lane did next to nothing when Nika was in there. Did Nika shut her down single handedly? No course not, but the fact is, for those minutes Park Lane was ineffective. Nika does need to fix the fouling problem, but she had that problem early last year too and she was able to at least minimize it.
Speaking of Park Lane, there have been discussions about height on this board, i.e. some recruit is too short, another recruit is better because she's an inch taller. Consider Park Lane, maybe height isn't everything.