
This warms our hearts!
Last week, we told you about college basketballer Lauren Hill, who has a terminal form of brain cancer and isn’t expected to live past December, so the NCAA moved Mount St. Joseph‘s opening game up to last weekend.
And Lauren got to play! She had to teach herself to shoot with her left had, as the cancer has made things difficult with her right, and she scored four points! Lauren also has to wear earplugs and sunglasses because noise and light are difficult on her.
As she left the game, the entire 10,000 person crowd gave Lauren a standing ovation, and her coaches gave her the game ball, along with her teammates all hugging her. Then the game continues!
At halftime, Pat Summitt, the former Tennessee Volunteers coach, gave Lauren the U.S. Basketball Writers Association‘s Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award as well!
And like the inspiring person she is, Lauren simply said this would be her first college game, not her last one.
Did we mention that $40,000 was raised to help research Lauren’s condition, DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma)?!
Ch-ch-check out the video (below) to see the touching moment!
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