'It happened!!!!!!!' Rachel Banham meets Kobe Bryant

Gophers women's basketball player Rachel Banham and Kobe Bryant have traded tweets before. Wednesday night they met in L.A.

April 7, 2016 at 2:49AM
(Terry Sauer/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Gophers women's basketball player Rachel Banham has a promising future ahead as a pro player. Wednesday night she fulfilled what we can only imagine is a dream come true when she met one of the best pro players of all time.

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Banham and Bryant traded tweets in February after she dropped 60 points on Northwestern on Super Bowl Sunday. That was memorable, but this is an all-timer.

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Brian Stensaas

Multiplatform Editing Team Leader

Brian Stensaas has been with the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2004. He is a Multiplatform Editing Team Leader, with reporting experience covering high school sports, the NHL, NBA and professional golf.

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