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College Basketball Player Issues Challenge To Pro Ballers

Mt. St. Joseph's Lauren Hill
cincinnati.com

  College basketball player Lauren Hill has started a layup challenge to raise money for research into the brain cancer that has left her with only months to live.  

The freshman at Division III Mount St. Joseph was diagnosed a year ago. The NCAA has allowed the school to move up its opening game to Sunday because of her condition.  Although she's right-handed, Hill has to shoot with her left hand now because the tumor has affected her coordination. Also, she can't move her head side-to-side because it makes her dizzy.  In a video released Monday, Hill challenges LeBron James and other athletes to spin five times and make a layup with their non-dominant hand. If they fail, they're asked to donate $10 to cancer research.