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UW women’s basketball: Anderson heads east toward the Sun

The Anderson home in Port Wing became a war room of sorts Wednesday afternoon as Jim and Julie Anderson fielded telephone calls and inquiries for daughter Jolene, who learned her professional basketball career will rise with the Sun.

The Connecticut Sun picked the University of Wisconsin’s all-time leading scorer in the second round of the 2008 WNBA Draft with the 23rd overall pick and Jolene Anderson basked in the satisfaction of her new position surrounded by a contingent of 20 family and friends