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Gophers basketball: Carlos Morris already a winner in Apalachicola, Fla.

Keturah Washington woke to the sound of a basketball on her driveway. It was pitch black, the middle of the night, but she wasn't worried about her son.

When he couldn't sleep, Carlos "Squirrel" Morris would step outside and shoot for hours, dreaming of being the first from his hometown of Apalachicola, Fla., to play Division I basketball.

Morris, a University of Minnesota starting senior guard, is at his fourth school in six years, but the journey was worth it. He's playing college basketball at its highest level, and on pace to be the first in the family to earn a degree.