COLUMBIA  — Since ninth grade, she had dreamed of coming to the U.S. to play basketball. Now Liene Priede, a junior guard for the Missouri women's basketball team, gushes at how lucky she is to be playing for the Tigers. Priede was born and grew up in Riga, Latvia, and attended sports school there since the age of 8. When a friend who played for Western Illinois sent the school a tape of Priede ...