She went to court and made an agreement with her ex-husband that the children would be returned after a year and a half, enough time to get back on her feet.
She lived and worked by herself in Chicago and then moved to North Carolina where her two sons would soon join her and attend high school.
[2] On November 13, 2008, Ross signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Auburn University.
He led the Tigers in scoring 13 times, including a career-high 30 points on 5-of-7 three-point shooting in an overtime loss to Georgia.
[6] On June 21, 2011, he signed a grant-in-aid agreement with the University of Missouri and subsequently redshirted the 2011–12 season due to NCAA transfer regulations.
[7] As a redshirted junior at Missouri in 2012–13, Ross averaged 10.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.2 steals in 34 games with 10 starts.
[2][4] After graduating from college, Ross attended a mini-combine run by the Los Angeles Clippers and worked out with the Washington Wizards, Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets.
[8] On September 10, 2014, Ross signed a three-year deal with the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL).
[13] Ross went scoreless over the first two games of the season before scoring seven points on 1-of-5 shooting and 5-of-5 free throws on October 24 against the Sydney Kings.
[14] In his fourth game for the Wildcats, on October 31 against the Wollongong Hawks, Ross scored a season-high 13 points.
[25] On April 23, he had his second 30-point game of the season, finishing with 31 points in a 95–92 loss to the NW Tasmania Thunder.
[30][31] On July 16, he recorded his second triple-double of the season with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists in a 112–101 loss to the Brisbane Spartans.
[30] On November 21, 2016, Ross signed with Team FOG Næstved of the Danish Basketligaen for the rest of the 2016–17 season.
[33][34] In his second game for Næstved on December 1, Ross recorded 16 points and 13 rebounds in a 78–76 loss to the Bakken Bears.
[37] Næstved finished the regular season in fourth place with a 13–15 record and went on to lose to Svendborg Rabbits in the quarter-finals in a 3–0 sweep.
[42][43] In the Rangers' regular season finale on June 10, Ross scored a game-high 25 points in a 102–82 win over the Canterbury Rams.
[44] The Rangers finished the regular season in third place with an 11–7 record, and lost to the second-seeded Southland Sharks 106–67 in their semi-final match-up.
[50][51] In his debut for the Buccaneers on May 5, 2018, Ross recorded 18 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists in an 88–82 win over the Stirling Senators.
[58] They went on to lose in a quarter-final sweep to the eighth-seeded Rockingham Flames despite Ross' game-high 34 points in game two.
[60] In December 2018, Ross joined Al Ahli of the Qatari Basketball League, returning to the country for a second stint.
[63] In his debut for the Wolves on March 15, 2019, Ross recorded game highs of 25 points and eight assists in a 112–76 season-opening win over the Perry Lakes Hawks.
[67] On June 1, he suffered a back injury after taking a hard fall in the opening minutes of the Wolves' 115–55 win over the South West Slammers.
[68] He went on to lead the Wolves to the minor premiership with a 20–6 record, with the team going on to reach the SBL Grand Final.
[69] On October 26, 2019, after a successful try-out, Ross was added to the training camp roster of the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League.
[1][2] More than 20 tattoos adorn Ross' body, each holding strong significance in relation to his values, family, and upbringing.
His most important ink is that which references those closest to his heart – his mother, brother, and late grandmother – with their names and the words 'Family first'.
[13] The words Toy Miller are separately tattooed on his wrists, something that serves as a constant reminder of the one person in his world he owes everything to.