Gabrielle Union plays Shawnee, a confident upperclassman who attempts to convince Monica Wright (Lathan) to set her up with Quincy McCall (Epps). Love & Basketball synopsis: Monica and Quincy ...

Quincy McCall (Epps) and Monica Wright (Lathan) are two next-door neighbors in Los Angeles, California who are pursuing their basketball careers before eventually falling for each other.

Monica challenged that ... women pass down lessons—spoken and unspoken—through the generations. Love & Basketball showed us that Black women could be ambitious, guarded, passionate, vulnerable ...

Monica Wright’s story still echoes—for every Black woman who’s ever been told she had to choose between her dreams and her ...