The feeling hit MiLaysia Fulwiley when she woke up one morning in April. She needed to get out. It was time for something different. A fresh start.

Fulwiley’s whole life had unfolded within the same 10-mile radius in Columbia, South Carolina. It was her home. She was first labeled a generational talent there, then christened a hero there once she helped her hometown South Carolina Gamecocks win a national championship.

“When I left there, I just cut out all the distractions,” Fulwiley told The Advocate, “and now it's just strictly basketball, strictly focused on my goals and where I want to be in life.”

In April, Fulwiley decided she wanted to be in Baton Rouge instead. That’s where her junior season will begin when her LSU women’s basketball team hosts Houston Christian on Tuesday

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