Morning Wrap: Lauren Hill Becomes Honorary College Hoops Coach

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The battle has moved from playing to coaching. In many ways, Lauren Hill, the 19-year old freshman  at Mount St. Joseph's college near Cincinnati has already won.

Hill, battling inoperable brain cancer, played in five games this season scoring 10-points. But the game last Tuesday (Dec.11th) is going to be her last.

She will no longer be on the active roster, but the school has allowed her to stay close to her team and her teammates by becoming an honorary coach.

As many know, Hill is battling DIPG, a rare cancer of the brain. And her prognosis is that she would not make it past Christmas. She began hospice care just two weeks ago. But she continues to battle.

Her dream was to play college basketball and she got that wish.

She's also helped spearhead a drive for research into a cure for her disease. The goal is to raise $1 million and she's almost there. Her "Cure Starts Now Foundation" has already reached the $700,000 mark.

Here's some video of Lauren playing in her last game from our friends at WCPO.com:

Lauren Hill: The Next Day

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The HQ showed you a little bit of the story from Cincinnati on Sunday with Mount St. Joseph's hoops player Lauren Hill as she got to play her first college basketball game over the weekend as she fights DIPG- an unforgiving form of brain cancer.

So, what now...???

That's really a question for all of us as we move forward with windows greater than Lauren's...

Brother Phil's buddy Popo caught up with her to find out what she thought about what happened over the weekend...


The Cure Starts Now Foundation is where people battling pediatric cancer (and those who wish to help in the fight) can go in the future. If this is something that encourages you as we all move to our next days, check them out.

We'll keep you posted on MSJ's season...