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|June 2017
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Jonquel Jones had only ever traveled to Indianapolis and Fort Lauderdale before her move to the States at the age of 14. The native Bahamian was the best baller at home, but she got a rude awakening playing for Riverdale Baptist HS in Maryland.
“I was the best on the island when I left,” Jones recalls. “But when I came to the States, I was probably on the other end of the spectrum.”
It wasn’t until Jones hit a massive growth spurt before her senior year that she caught the eye of Division I programs.
This story is from the June 2017 edition of Slam.
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