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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 2541358, member: 6927"] [URL="http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/012218aad.html"]'We Were All Blessed To Be A Part Of Chameka's Life'[/URL] [URL='http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/chameka_scott_55306.html']Chameka Scott[/URL], who fought cancer with the same ferociousness that she brought to the defensive end of the basketball court, died Sunday night in Houston. But just like when she played on the Baylor Lady Bears' first national championship team in 2005, the 33-year-old Scott was surrounded by her teammates at the very end when she passed away at Houston's Harbor Hospice. "I was just glad that she was no longer in pain," said former Baylor point guard [URL='http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/chelsea_whitaker_88329.html']Chelsea Whitaker[/URL], now a Dallas police officer. "That wasn't the same athletic body, it wasn't the same athletic organs, it wasn't the same shell. I believe in God, and so did she, and I know she's in a better place. Her mind was there, but everything else wasn't. It was really crippling for us to have to see her struggle like that, because we know how much of a fierce competitor and strong person she was." Whitaker, [URL='http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/abiola_wabara_249482.html']Abiola Wabara[/URL] and [URL='http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/jordan_davis_249412.html']Jordan Davis[/URL] were there by Scott's bedside, along with Baylor head coach [URL='http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/kim_mulkey_247648.html']Kim Mulkey[/URL]; [URL='http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/johnny_derrick_45507.html']Johnny Derrick[/URL], assistant AD for women's basketball operations; and [URL='http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/jennifer_roberts_45461.html']Jennifer Roberts[/URL], coordinator of basketball operations. "We were all blessed that she came into our lives, that we got to be a part of Chameka's life," Mulkey said. "As a coach, one thing that really touched me was seeing three of her teammates taking care of her. Abi lives down there, but Chelsea and Jordan are both in Dallas and would go down there every weekend after they got off work. That camaraderie, that unbreakable bond, is why that team in 2005 won a national championship." [/QUOTE]

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