Love & Basketball

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.

Cast

Sanaa Lathan

as Monica Wright

Omar Epps

as Quincy McCall

Chris Warren

as Kelvin

Kyla Pratt

as Young Monica

Alfre Woodard

as Camille Wright

Regina Hall

as Lena Wright

Glenndon Chatman

as Young Quincy

Jess Willard

as Jamal

Naykia Harris

as Young Lena

Harry Lennix

as Nathan Wright

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