by Chloe Dawson (Whetstone staff writer)

When the school year started, Brittany Howes and Heather Fuller were attached at the hip.

Both girls were hard to miss, each measuring about six feet tall.

But they have more in common than that. Both play on the women’s basketball team and received awards in high school for their skills.

Howes, a freshman, started playing when she was 10 years old, and fell in love with the sport.

“Basketball came easy for me because of my height,” she said. “I had to utilize it.”

Fuller didn’t start until her junior year of high school.

She played softball mostly, but started focusing on basketball when she came to Wesley and had the support of her coaches.

Both girls still hold titles at their high schools.

Howes, who attended Colts Neck High School in New Jersey, earned honorable mention and second in All-Shore, and Fuller, who graduated from Sussex Tech High School, also received honorable mention and second team All-Conference.

Fuller hopes to make it to the NCAA tournament; the team didn’t make it last year because of one game.

“I would like to see more chemistry on the team,” she said. The team needs to bond more.

Chemistry between the two girls didn’t last.

After a couple of months of school, their friendship ended because of personal differences.

However, they remain civil for the sake of the team.

“We’re teammates,” Fuller said. “We have to be cool with each other.”

Fuller still tries to make Howes feel as comfortable as possible in the college atmosphere and on the team.

“It’s my responsibility to keep her motivated and to keep her positives,” she said.