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Message: [QUOTE="MSSportsGuy, post: 2556176, member: 6485"] Two I want to point out both hail from my home state of Mississippi. Latoya Thomas played at Mississippi State from 1999 to 2003. She was the biggest recruit MSU ever landed. Hailing from Greenville, MS, she chose to stay home despite a ton of offers from what I was told. She is maybe 6'2 but was forced to play down low for her college career. She was a Kodak All American 4 times and led the SEC in scoring all 4 years she played. She was almost impossible to stop one on one and made MSU a respectable team during her time after many years at the bottom of the SEC. I watched her play in person and was amazed at her skill. Thomas was the number one pick of the 03 WNBA draft and played one year in Cleveland before the team folded. She played a couple of more seasons but injuries ended her career a little earlier than expected. The other is Amentie Price. Price played at Ole Miss from 2003 to 2007. My niece played high school basketball against her and told me how good she was. She played forward at only 5'9 but could jump out of a gym. I saw highlights of her high school state finals game where she set a then state record of 52 points to win the title. She was offered by several mid major programs but I was told Ole Miss was her biggest offer. At 5'9 she led the SEC in rebounding several years and basically got Ole Miss to the E8 her senior year after beating Maryland, the defending champions, in the 2nd round. Very undersized but incredibly athletic, she didn't have much of an outside shot but could fill a stat sheet and always managed to score against bigger opponents. She was chosen number 3 in the WNBA draft and won Rookie of the Year. She played a few seasons with Chicago and Atlanta that I recall. Now Price-Harrington, she is Director of Player Development for Ole Miss. Both young ladies could have gone to other programs but chose to stay close to their roots and elevated their teams to more achievements than in recent memories while they played. [/QUOTE]

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