Sometimes, a game is more than a game.
Yesterday was one of those days for a lot of college basketball programs across the country, Kentucky included. But inside Historic Memorial Coliseum, the annual Play4Kay game hit a little closer to home.
It hit closer to home because Kentucky head coach Kenny Brooks’ own wife, Chrissy, battled breast cancer. And it hit closer to home because of a woman named Monica Lacovich, who expressed just how much this game meant to her.
The story of Monica
If you missed the story earlier this week, Monica is a fan currently fighting her own battle with cancer. Her goal throughout her treatments was to get healthy enough to attend Sunday’s Play4Kay game to help spread awareness…