E.J. Montgomery's rise to coveted five-star recruit no surprise to hoops-obsessed family

Posted Apr 3, 2018
Efrem and Glenda Montgomery fell in love because of basketball. They met freshman year at North Carolina Central, where Efrem and Glenda both went to the historically black university in Durham to play ball. So it’s no wonder their youngest child E.J. Montgomery is mulling over scholarship offers to play for Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky and others. (USA Today)

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