Cheryl Miller – The greatest basketball player to never play professionally

Basketball Hall of Famer Reggie Miller was an elite shooting guard in the NBA who battled it out with GOAT Michael Jordan on many occasions.

Despite Reggie's success in the game, the Indiana Pacers star wasn't even the best player in his family. His sister Cheryl won that tag.

According to sportsrush.com, Reggie said: "When you're getting beat down by your sister, the greatest women's basketball player of all time, you learn to talk. Because I was getting beat down by her."

Cheryl Miller is widely regarded as the most extraordinary women's basketball player of all time, but her career didn't make it to the professional level.

Here is the story of Cheryl Miller, the sister better than her Hall of Fame brother Reggie.

Cheryl Miller played at Riverside Polytechnic High School in California, where she led her school team to an incredible 132 wins and four losses.

Averaging 32.8 points and 15 rebounds a game, Miller was the first player to be named an All-American four times by Parade Magazine (male or female) and won High School Player of the Year in 1981 and 1982.

It was her 105-point game against Norte Vista High School where her popularity began to grow, setting a national record for points in a game. She set a California State record of 1156 points in a single season.

At the University of Southern California, Miller was a trailblazer for the women's game, scoring 3,018 points (tenth in NCAA history) and was named Naismith College Player of the Year three times.

Miller led the Trojans to a 112-20 record in her time at college, winning two NCAA Championships in 1983 and 1984, earning NCAA Tournament MVP both years.

Miller still holds numerous records for the Trojans, including points (3,018), rebounds (1,534), field goals made (1,159), and free throws made (700).

In 1986, Miller had her #31 jersey retired by USC, becoming the first player, male or female, to have their jersey hung in the rafters by USC.

For USA Basketball, Miller won four gold medals at four different tournaments, including gold at the 1984 Olympics and the 1986 FIBA World Championships in Moscow.

After graduating from USC in 1986, Miller was drafted by several professional basketball leagues, including the United States Basketball League, a men's professional division.

Miller suffered serious knee injuries that prevented her from carrying on her career. She later went into coaching, where she coached USC and had four years as head coach of the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.

In 1991, she was enlisted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2010, she was enrolled in the FIBA Hall of Fame.