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UTEP alumna Sparkle Taylor in US after great season before coronavirus shutdown in Spain

UTEP women 95, FAU 67 Wochit

Sparkle Taylor's basketball season in Spain was exciting, and up until two weeks ago, the stuff of dreams.

But her final day there, Sunday, was excitement the former UTEP women's basketball star could have done without.

With only five games left in her Liga Femenina 2 regular season for SPAR Gran Canarias — a season Taylor was dominating — the league was shut down over concerns about the coronavirus.