MORGAN HILL
Minneapolis South • basketball
Being Tayler Hill's younger sister is a complicated thing. Of course, she's proud of her sister's legacy at South and in Minnesota girls' basketball in general. But Morgan wants to be known as a pretty fine player in her own right.
What she did last week proved to be a pretty loud confirmation of that.
Hill, a 5-10 shooting guard, topped 2,000 points for her career with a 33-point effort in an 84-60 rout of Burnsville.
She followed that game with 26 points in a 76-49 victory at South St. Paul and 30 points when Tigers rallied in the second half to defeat host Chaska 68-57. Her career total now stands at 2,086 points.
"It can be a lot of pressure to live up to the last name," Morgan said.
"People always bring up 'Your sister did this or your sister did that' and I'm proud of her, but I want to put my own name out there, too."
She is glad to have the chase for 2,000 points behind her so she can focus on savoring her senior year and helping South win another Minneapolis Conference title.
"It's all gone by so fast," she said. "It's hard to cope with this being my last year of high school basketball. I'm just trying to enjoy each and every moment."
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