RALEIGH, N.C. — For as long as North Carolina State women’s basketball star Saniya Rivers can remember, there have been two constants in her life that always overlapped: basketball and family.
Her parents and sister both played in college.
During her senior year at Ashely High School in Wilmington, Rivers was named Gatorade National Player of the Year.
>> Channel 9′s Phil Orban delves into her journey from there to the Ally Tipoff, in the video at the top of the page.
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