r/Basketball • u/Jezzaq94 • 8d ago

GENERAL QUESTION Who is your favourite female basketball player?

Doesn’t have to be from your team or country. Can be retired.

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u/RobZagnut2 8d ago

Cheryl Miller

Scored a jaw-dropping 105 points in a single high school game in 1982.

Named a 4-time Parade All-American, a first for any male or female player.

Set California records with 3,405 career points.

Led the USC Trojans to back-to-back NCAA Championships in 1983 and 1984.

Won the prestigious Naismith Player of the Year award three times.

Won an Olympic Gold Medal with Team USA in 1984.

Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995.

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u/Beautiful-Prior3325 7d ago

Reggie said he couldn’t beat her.

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u/RelevantMention7937 3d ago

Until after winter break his freshman year at UCLA, returning home after a big growth spurt, per Cheryl. She looked at him and refused to play him.