By JOEL COLEMAN
sports@starkvilledailynews.com
From the local city leagues to Starkville High to Mississippi State, Gavin Ware has played basketball in Starkville his whole life. MSU’s 6-foot-9, 260-pound senior center has come a long way since suiting up for his father Calvin’s youth hoops team, the Ware Warriors, years ago, but now it’s time for Ware to close the book on playing basketball in his hometown.
Saturday, as Mississippi State hosts Auburn at 1:30 p.m. at Humphrey Coliseum, Ware will play his final game in Starkville. The magnitude of that has already started sinking in for Ware.