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The Sabbath and basketball a ‘touchy subject’ says UD women’s recruit
Top point guard Andrea Hoover is used to shutting down on Saturdays since she’s starred at Spring Valley Academy. That’s in adherence to the Seventh-Day Adventist affiliate of not participating in events on the Sabbath (Saturday).
But that could be a problem at the next level. The junior verbally committed to the University of Dayton this week.
“It’s a touchy subject because a lot of people believe differently about that,” said Hoover, who chose UD over NC State and many MAC schools.
“I’ve gotten pretty used to (playing on Saturdays) from AAU ball. I’ll still devote time to my religion on Saturdays, but, no, I’m not going to insist on not playing or practicing or anything like that (at UD).”
There are Seventh-Day Adventist universities throughout the world, but nationally there are just 14 and none offer athletics. That made it easy for Hoover to choose a Catholic university like UD. Besides, she’s a self-admitted home-body.
Hoover has excelled for the Dayton Lady HoopStars and most recently the Ohio Lady Attack, placing fourth nationally in the AAU 15-under division last summer. The Attack, coached by CJ coach Duane Williams, drew many of the area’s best underclass girls, many of whom likely tried to lure Hoover away from the non-OHSAA affiliated Spring Valley.
“That wasn’t a big deal for me,” she said of committing to UD, a Marianist school. “I almost transferred to a Catholic (high school) anyway.”
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