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Clara Silva hasn’t even made it to Lexington yet, but she’s been a topic of conversation all month now. Silva, a 6-foot-6, soon-to-be freshman for Kentucky women’s basketball, is coming off a terrific stretch of play in her home country. She led Portugal to a fifth-place finish in the FIBA U18 Women’s EuroBakset, which wrapped up over the weekend. Portugal finished the event with a 6-1 overall record, but more importantly, they locked up the country’s first-ever spot in the FIBA Under-19 Women’s Basketball World Cup, which is set for 2025 in the Czech Republic. Portugal wouldn’t have come clos…

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