Hometown MVP: Meet Massachusetts' top women's basketball prospect

Hometown MVP: Meet Massachusetts' top women's basketball prospect

The University of Michigan’s women’s basketball team is ranked seventh in the country — but they might be even better next year when a Massachusetts native joins them. Fope Ayo is this week’s Hometown MVP. She is a Methuen native and a senior at Austin Prep in Reading. At six feet, five inches tall, it took a bit for Ayo to find herself on the court. “I didn’t really want to do basketball at all,” she said. “I didn’t want to do it in high school…