CORVALLIS — Tiara Bolden admits she didn’t inherit an aptitude for music from her family. Or dance moves.

But she can cook, she said. Meals and defenders.

“My mom, she played basketball, track, all that,” Bolden said. “My dad’s side, it’s nothing but musicians or NARPs. Non-athletic regular people.”

The star guard for Oregon State women’s basketball gives her father Dennis credit, however: he and his brother Chris contributed to a platinum record with writing, production and arrangement credits on “EV3,″ the third studio album from 90s girl group En Vogue.

Both brothers — particularly Bolden’s uncle Chris — have a lengthy history in the music business. Dennis is a talented pianist who loves to play the organ. Bolden said her father and his siblings pursued a record deal and thought t

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