From Mississauga to March Madness, basketball star Laeticia Amihere is going places

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Amihere and unbeaten South Carolina are two wins away from a second straight NCAA basketball title heading into Friday’s Final Four in Dallas.

The 21-year-old Amihere has been productive off the bench for the defending champions, who need to beat the Iowa Hawkeyes for a return ticket to the national title game.

“We were acting like fools when they won, jumping all over the place and screaming. It was incredible,” she said. Attention skyrocketed after she was recorded throwing down a successful dunk during an AAU game at age 15.Amihere received offers from 54 universities, narrowed the list to four and settled on South Carolina.She was part of the Canadian under-16 team that won FIBA Americas gold in 2015. With the under-17s the following year at the FIBA world championship, she led the tournament in blocks and rebounds. She also helped the Canadian under-19s take bronze at the 2017 FIBA World Cup.

 

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