Nov. 20, 2008

Bucknell forward Cosima Higham doesn't come from a traditional sports-minded family. Both of the sophomore's parents work in theater in New York City -- her mother is a costume designer and her father is a lighting designer. Nevertheless, they knew what to do with their tall daughter.

"They said, `Well, we have this tall daughter so we should put her in sports,'" related Higham. "I played every sport that I could possibly play and then slowly, like a pyramid, it came down to basketball."

But the Brooklyn native didn't turn her back on her family's artistic leanings, she also pursued art in high school.

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