Girls High School Basketball

Mountain View’s Slocum named to All-American game

Statesman staff
Mountain View guard Destiny Slocum looks back to the Maverick bench and fan section to see friends holding posters heralding her achievement of surpassing 2,000 points Saturday Jan. 16, 2016 at Boise High School. Slocum scored 22 points, one more than she needed, to hit the milestone in her high school career. Mountain View defeated 5A SIC foe Boise 72-46.
Mountain View guard Destiny Slocum looks back to the Maverick bench and fan section to see friends holding posters heralding her achievement of surpassing 2,000 points Saturday Jan. 16, 2016 at Boise High School. Slocum scored 22 points, one more than she needed, to hit the milestone in her high school career. Mountain View defeated 5A SIC foe Boise 72-46. Darin Oswald doswald@idahostatesman.com
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Mountain View High senior point guard Destiny Slocum was named to the West team for this year’s McDonald’s All-American Game.

The teams were announced live on ESPNU on Sunday night. The game will be played March 30 at the United Center in Chicago. The 15th annual girls game tips off at 4:30 p.m., followed by the 39th annual boys game at 7 p.m.

The girls game will be broadcast on ESPNU. On Saturday, Slocum reached a career milestone, scoring 22 points in a win over Boise to surpass 2,000 points in a Mavericks uniform. The four-year starter has signed with Maryland.

This story was originally published January 17, 2016 at 11:37 PM with the headline "Mountain View’s Slocum named to All-American game."

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