“My biggest supporter? Probably my mom. She’s been there every step of the way,” Dallas Mavericks draft pick Cooper Flagg said on draft night.

And Kelly Flagg is not your normal mom. She is a former college basketball player for the Maine Black Bears and a very accomplished one at that. Not only did Kelly Flagg (Bowman at the time) co-captain the team’s first ever NCAA tournament win where they upset Stanford 60-58 in 1999, she also led them to three America East championships.

Before that, she was a high school standout in Newport, Maine. Her high school coach, Charlie Wing, described her like this : “She’s a very well-rounded player who does everything well. She also has a tremendous desire to succeed and is very coachable. I wish I had a dozen Kelly Bowmans.”

Sound familiar?

And acc

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