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Nikki Hegstetter undisputed leader for Alabama women's basketball

The biggest compliment Alabama women’s basketball coach Kristy Curry can give Nikki Hegstetter is that she wants her own little girls to grow up just like her senior forward.

Where: Foster Auditorium

When: 6 p.m. Thursday

Records: Alabama 13-7, 2-5 SEC

Texas A&M 14-5, 4-2 SEC

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“If my two turn out to be a little bit of what she is, they’ll be successful,” Curry said.

Since Curry took over the team three years ago, she’s always seen Hegstetter has the team’s leader. It’s not a role she’s just recently stepped into as a senior.