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- Birth nameLusia Mae Harris
- Height6′ 3¼″ (1.91 m)
- Lusia Harris was born on February 10, 1955 in Minter City, Mississippi, USA. She was married to George E. Stewart. She died on January 18, 2022 in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, USA.
- SpouseGeorge E. Stewart(February 4, 1977 - January 18, 2022) (her death, 4 children)
- Her parents were sharecroppers, and she picked cotton when she was a child.
- A prominent basketball player in the 1970s, she led Mississippi's Delta State University to three consecutive national championships, scored the first points in a women's Olympic basketball game and was drafted by the New Orleans Jazz.
- Her idol was Hall of Fame guard Oscar Robertson.
- She received a master's degree in education from Delta State, where she was an assistant coach. She spent two years as head women's coach at Texas Southern University, then taught and coached in high schools in Mississippi.
- Inducted into the Delta State's Hall of Fame in 1983.
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