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Kobe Bryant’s former players remember his words during their first year of college basketball

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Kat Righeimer , 18 , is one of six women from the Mamba Academy going through their first experience with college basketball.

Righeimer: "I look at it as like a gift from heaven, kind of from them" The players fondly remember the two sides of Gigi — a fierce competitor on the court, and a lighthearted friend off it.

For the players, it was all about repetition and the value of mistakes.

On Jan. 26, 2020 , a helicopter carrying Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna , crashed into a hillside in Calabasas , northwest of Los Angeles .

Alyssa Altobelli , 14 , and Payton Chester , 13 , were among the victims.

“I think it was bigger than it being Kobe Bryant for our team and for my family, Annika Jiwani said.

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