We’re spotlighting a remarkable story that goes beyond just talent on the court. It’s Resurren, a rising star in women's basketball, but she has had a battle with ankle injuries.
George Stilts played on an exhibition basketball team called The Mighty Air Gliders. He had been watching Resurren play ball on the playground from a distance. George didn’t want her to know that he was watching. One cool dark night Resurren was shooting hoops alone. She heard a voice speaking to her. George: You won’t have to worry about old Jack helping you to get nowhere. You don’t need him. One day soon I’m going to have you. Resurren saw a tall young man standing far off from her, and she couldn’t see his face very well. Resurren: Have me? What are you talking about? Do I know you?….
Resurren was a good girl but at the same time she was a bad girl because she lived in a city called Crime City. There was plenty of killing, stealing, gambling, shooting, and things were going on that was illegal. Sometimes Resurren stole food and money when someone pulled a gun on her. She learned from her father how to take it from a man's hands to use it at Ballpark Playground.
There was a 19-year-old girl name Resurren her mother thought she was a stillborn and just when she was about to give up that's when Resurren cried her mother named her that name thinking of the resurrection of Christ. Resurren grew and as she grew her whole life depended on basketball. It was all she had. Resurren ignored the middleman on the playground to make it. She was on the playground with the guys wanting to get away from the outdoor courts of the world and go higher. …