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Oliviyah Edwards (Credits: Instagram)

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Oliviyah Edwards (Credits: Instagram)
Basketball fans were excited from head to toe when they saw a woman dunk during a college basketball game in December 1984. The name of the player Georgeann Wells stayed famous for quite some time since then. After that Lisa Leslie made history by becoming the first WNBA player to perform the difficult move. And now another high school star by the name of Oliviyah Edwards has come forward to show her exceptional balling skills.
The move which is popular in the NBA doesn’t have that many women basketball players performing it. On the contrary, some analysts have also voiced lowering the net’s height in the women’s basketball games to help the players perform the move which can bring a lot of fans to the sport. Therefore, Oliviyah Edwards provides a great opportunity to bring more popularity to the game.
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Oliviyah Edwards’s game and achievements
Edwards was seen catching a lob and performing a dunk during a practice with Lincoln High School where she studies. Edwards was born in Atlanta and is a five-star recruit in the 2026 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings. Other than her dunk, Edwards is known for her defense where she uses her jumping range to block a lot many shots.
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OLIVIYAH EDWARDS CATCHING LOBS 😳 @EdwardsOliviyah pic.twitter.com/jeGUbTExKR
— Overtime (@overtime) August 12, 2024
““He didn’t like that because he was like, well, ‘she can do so much more,’ because he had already seen my athleticism and other sports because I used to play football, I used to wrestle and all that,” Edwards confirmed as per SB nation.
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