AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -A brother and sister duo is leading the Lady Bulldogs to victory.
Eboni Fields played basketball at Laney, then Georgia State, and returned to Butler High school for the coaching job.
While building her team, she pulled in her brother, a standout at Laney.
For them, basketball isn’t just a hobby but a family business.
“I will make sure they are focused, but she makes sure they’re really focused,” said Jay.
Eboni added, “It takes a different type of work ethic to make it to the next level. If you love the game, that’s what you want to do. I’m gonna push you to that point.”
Eboni got the call from Butler to be their head coach four years ago, right after she was making a call of her own.
Jay said: “I was like, are you looking for an assistant? She was like, ‘you know, I got my number one guy’.”
Her brother.
Eboni said: “We’re like seven years apart. We’ve always been, you know,…