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Tragic loss for a young player in San Antonio, South Texas Hoyas spearhead support

Update: WNBA player Charde Houston of the Minnesota Lynx set up an online fundraiser to help the young basketball player and her younger brother. Houston’s organization Project Y.O.U. has more information and donation details: Project Y.O.U. fundraiser.

While the nation’s top women’s basketball teams prepare for a showcase at San Antonio’s AT&T Center, a young player in the city is coping with the loss of her biggest fan.

Saturday morning, the mother of an 11 year-old player for the South Texas Hoyas, an AAU girl’s basketball team in San Antonio, died in a fatal domestic violence incident. Police arrested Tabari Strong, suspected of killing the girl’s mother and her friend. He led police on an hour-long car chase before being caught and detained. He is being held in the Bexar County Jail on two counts of capital murder. Bond for Strong was set at $2 million.…