Lagerald Vick’s mother, La La, was back in her hometown of Memphis, not in Allen Fieldhouse, for her son’s career-high 32-point performance against Vermont on Monday night.
She watched on TV and enjoyed the ESPN2 crew’s words of praise for KU’s 6-foot-5 senior guard, who hit 12 of 14 shots and made all eight threes he attempted in the No. 2-ranked Jayhawks’ 84-68 victory over the unranked, mid-major Catamounts.
“The text he (Lagerald) sent me after the game brought tears to my eyes and put a smile in my heart,” La La Vick told the Star on Tuesday in an instant message on social media.