Lauren Hill plays Cintas Center

6 Nov 201414 Nov 2014

By: Matt Stainbrook ~Staff Writer~ MSJ) University freshman diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, played her first and only collegiate basketball game at Cintas Center on Nov. 2. The Mount St. Joseph women’s basketball team defeated Hiram College 66-55. In October 2013, Hill was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a rare form of pediatric cancer. This diagnosis gave her only months to live and, in an effort to help fulfill her wish, the NCAA allowed MSJ’s first regular season game to be moved up two weeks from Nov. 15. Hill scored the first basket of the game and her collegiate … Continue reading Lauren Hill plays Cintas Center

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Lauren Hill, MSJ to play opener at sold-out Cintas

31 Oct 2014

By: Andrew Koch ~Editor-in-Chief~ Lauren Hill, a freshman forward at Mount St. Joseph University (MSJ) diagnosed with terminal cancer, will play her first collegiate basketball game in front of a sold-out crowd at Cintas Center on Nov. 2. Hill, a 19-year-old native of nearby Lawrenceburg, Ind., was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer late last year after committing to play basketball at MSJ. Despite extensive treatment, doctors estimated that she had less than a year to live. Further tests last month suggested that she might only have until December. “I’m not scared of leaving, because I won’t be here,” Hill said … Continue reading Lauren Hill, MSJ to play opener at sold-out Cintas