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October 15th, 2014, 11:54 PM
A Mount St. Joseph's freshman with an inoperable brain tumor that has a zero percent two-year survival rate can now play one last game on November 2 against Hiram, almost two weeks earlier than the game's original date.
"....the school decided to petition the NCAA to move the game up a couple weeks in a move that should enable Hill to suit up for one last time. And in a surprising decision that shows some humanity on its part, the NCAA has agreed to reschedule the game for early November.
For Hill, it’s one last chance to play the game she loves so much."
Lauren Hill will have a shot to play college basketball, and it took Mount St. Joseph, Hiram and the NCAA to make it happen.
Hill, a freshman at MSJ, was diagnosed nearly a year ago with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a pediatric brain cancer that affects around 300 children in the U.S. each year. She finished her high school basketball career while receiving chemo treatments and enrolled at Mount St. Joseph with the intent of playing basketball there as well.
However, the calendar was against her. With the season not set to open until Nov. 15, at Hiram, the odds were long that she would make it to the opening tipoff. More than 90 percent of patients die within 12 months, and Hill received her diagnosis in November 2013.
Links below:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/terminally-ill-college-hoops-player-gets-one-last-shot-to-shine/ar-BB9fIEM
http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2014/10/msj-hiram-move-game-for-lauren-hill
http://local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/one-last-game-18984.shtml - original source
"....the school decided to petition the NCAA to move the game up a couple weeks in a move that should enable Hill to suit up for one last time. And in a surprising decision that shows some humanity on its part, the NCAA has agreed to reschedule the game for early November.
For Hill, it’s one last chance to play the game she loves so much."
Lauren Hill will have a shot to play college basketball, and it took Mount St. Joseph, Hiram and the NCAA to make it happen.
Hill, a freshman at MSJ, was diagnosed nearly a year ago with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a pediatric brain cancer that affects around 300 children in the U.S. each year. She finished her high school basketball career while receiving chemo treatments and enrolled at Mount St. Joseph with the intent of playing basketball there as well.
However, the calendar was against her. With the season not set to open until Nov. 15, at Hiram, the odds were long that she would make it to the opening tipoff. More than 90 percent of patients die within 12 months, and Hill received her diagnosis in November 2013.
Links below:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/terminally-ill-college-hoops-player-gets-one-last-shot-to-shine/ar-BB9fIEM
http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2014/10/msj-hiram-move-game-for-lauren-hill
http://local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/one-last-game-18984.shtml - original source