Paris Kea sat in the locker room and shuffled through her gospel playlists. The wait was nearly over.
Kirk Franklin one minute, Donnie McClurkin the next. Now for the readings — five psalms and a proverb. It’s a ritual as religious as its content.
"I just feel like I kind of need a message from the Bible,” she said. “Or just a way of understanding that this is bigger than me.”
The North Carolina guard hadn’t played a real game in over 600 days. And she hadn’t played in Chapel Hill since 2013, when she led Page High School to its first title game in 31 years.