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April 10, 2014 06:30 am GMT

A Touching Eulogy for Fan 'Princess' Lacey Holsworth From MSU Basketball Star

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Adreian Payne would have been the biggest star of Michigan State's deep March Madness run, had it not been for Lacey Holsworth. Instead, the 8-year-old cancer patient and passionate Spartans fan with whom Payne struck up an unlikely, but beautiful, friendship became the most heartwarming story of this year's college-basketball postseason

Holsworth battled her disease just long enough to watch Payne — the man she called "Superman" and a "brother" — lead Michigan State to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals, where they lost to UConn on March 30. Earlier in the season, Holsworth had helped Payne cut down the nets after winning the Big Ten Conference tournament, and walked him out on the floor before his last home game for the Spartans — an honor typically reserved for close family members Read more...

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