Rutgers Prep sophomore Marvadene “Bubbles” Anderson, 16. 6″11″ dwarfs fellow player Arielle Sheman, 15, 5″2″ during a photoshoot.
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Marvadene “Bubbles” Anderson a Jamaican-born hoopster, who could tower over legendary ballplayers like Michael Jordan (6-6) and LeBron James (6-8), was the highest-scoring “netball” player in her country — a sport similar to basketball.
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Rutgers coach Mary Coyle-Klinger and her sister, former WNBA coach Pat Coyle, have been working with their new star. Anderson picked up six points in her first game on Dec. 10 and Coyle-Klinger was not disappointed.
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“Everyone has come up to me and asked if I play college basketball. I told them I’m only a sophomore in high school. They gasped when I told them,” Anderson said.
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Marvadene “Bubbles” Anderson’s on-court prowess earned her a scholarship to Rutgers Prep in Somerset, and for the last two months she’s been hitting the hardwood to learn the rules of basketball.
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The Jamaican-born hoopster dwarfs fellow players in court.
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The biggest problem “Bubbles” seems to have is adjusting to the cold weather and finding clothes and shoes to fit her 210-pound frame and size-12 feet.
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