Cencere McDaniel, the niece of former NBA great Dwyane Wade, settles in at Governors State. ‘A great teammate.’

Cencere McDaniel, the niece of former NBA great Dwyane Wade, settles in at Governors State. ‘A great teammate.’

When Marist graduate Cencere McDaniel received the devastating news that her school, Notre Dame College in Ohio, was closing, she knew that she had to get on the phone. McDaniel, the niece of former NBA great Dwyane Wade, played AAU basketball with the Illinois Defenders for coach Tonishea Mack, who is the head coach at Governors State. “It was unfortunate that Notre Dame closed, but I’ve known ‘T-Mack’ since she coached me in AAU, so I called h…