If you follow college basketball, you might have heard of Lauren Hill, a 19-year-old with a rare type of brain cancer that realised her dream of playing in an NCAA basketball game for Mount St Joseph on November 2.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for her that will would remember forever. Hill unfortunately lost her battle with cancer today.
LAUREN HILL PASSES AWAY, TRIBUTES.
Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James wrote a series of tweets on his page as he paid his respects to a wonderful human being.
Until we officially meet again, take care and continue to be that LEADER we all love! #RIPLaurenHill
Sincerely,
LeBron James— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 10, 2015
Via USA Today:
Her resolve, spirit and courage were celebrated Nov. 2 when she realized her dream at Xavier University’s Cintas Center. Cheered on by a sold-out crowd of 10,250 and a television audience, Hill scored the first and last basket of the Mount’s 66-55 victory over Hiram College.
She passed away Friday at the age of 19.
Mount St. Joseph’s will hold a celebration and prayer service on its campus to honor her.
“We are forever grateful to have had Lauren grace our campus with her smile and determined spirit,” said Mount St. Joe president Tony Aretz.
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The Indiana native said at the game her goal was is to find a cure for cancer. Hill was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma shortly after her 18th birthday. The rare form of brain cancer typically affects young children ages 4 to 9.
“When I was diagnosed I remember kind of feeling lonely because nobody understood. And now that more people know about this story and the awareness of DIPG. I’m so happy that people know about it now and that we can get some research going and hopefully find that home run cure for cancer,” Lauren said.
“And even though I’m probably not going to be around to see it, it’s going to help a lot of people. And that’s why we need to keep staying with this and not end it with this game, and keep supporting research.”
FISHER: KNICKS CAN WIN 63 GAMES NEXT SEASON
From 15 to 63 in one season??
Well, the team that are visiting the Garden tonight have done it, I guess.
Via Newsday:
The Bucks, who visit the Garden Friday night, went from winning 15 games last season to likely being a playoff team this season. The Knicks have 15 wins. But Fisher said he doesn’t look at the Bucks for hope for the future. He’s aiming much higher.
“We are not here trying to squeeze in,” Fisher said Thursday. “We are not here trying to go from 15 to 36. That’s just not who we are. So it can turn around quickly. It will turn around quickly. But we don’t really have to put a number on it.
“We are 6-21 in games by six points or less this year. So we lost 21 games on two possessions. So we don’t have go from 15 to 36 next year. We can go from 15 to 63 if we really want to. But that is up to us.”
Challenging the 2007-2008 Celtics’ record 42-game turnaround seems far-fetched, but the Knicks (15-63) are expected to make a dramatic leap next season.
