The Terrapins’ newest star plays with a toughness honed in backyard games with her older brother and sisters.
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November 23, 2024 at 8:02 a.m. EST
Kaylene Smikle can be a dirty player. That’s not an observation of her three seasons of college basketball. That’s real-life experience, according to her older brother, LJ.
Long before Smikle was one of the most dangerous scorers in the Big Ten, she was in the midst of three-on-three wars in the backyard of her Long Island home.