She was his mother, and she died a handful of years ago after a multiple-year battle with lung cancer. It’s important to know this about Preston — Ohio’s big-haired, youthful-looking freshman point guard — as it helps provide immediate understanding about why he is the way he is.

Preston isn’t sweating the small stuff. He’s seen real adversity and come through the other side.

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“But just knowing she didn’t have to suffer any more, to go through what she was going through, that was better.”

He was a like a ghost.