Not only has Lisa followed in her older sister's footsteps she also has made her own tracks and blazed her own trail.

Ultimately, Glen Shepherd's prediction that Stacie would become Miss Basketball was incorrect as she finished second in the 1990 voting. Lisa, however, finished first in 1997.

Stacie stayed home and played for Indiana, earning a varsity letter in 1991. Lisa strayed from the flock and chose Penn State, earning a spot on last year's Big Ten All-Freshman team by averaging 10.3 points per game even though she did not start a single one.

And while Stacie's life still involves basketball as coach of the Winter Haven (Fla.) High School girl's team, Lisa's basketball dreams are much broader.

"I would love to play in the WNBA someday, I just love basketball," Shepherd said. "I was always the girl playing basketball growing up, quiet and shy, I just played basketball."

So far in her sophomore campaign Shepherd is showing Lion opponents she can play basketball. Last season, Shepherd was the Lions' premier 3-point specialist, connecting on a team-best 52 attempts from beyond the arc. While Shepherd's 3-point barrage is still fully functional, she has added a couple of new features to her offensive arsenal this season -- just ask Alabama coach Rick Moody.

Shepherd torched the Crimson Tide for 21 points off the bench on Dec. 6, most of which came by penetration to the basket. In his postgame press conference, Moody commented how the player he had scouted in the videotapes looked nothing like the player who led Penn State to a 77-73 upset of Alabama in the Wachovia Women's Invitational Tournament championship game.

The only person who wasn't surprised at her performance may have been Shepherd. After all she is a scorer -- that is what she did in high school and that is what she has done at Penn State despite still having started only one game in her collegiate career.

"Lisa still needs to pick it up," Lion coach Rene Portland said during her Dec. 17 weekly press conference. "She had a summer project to pick up her defense and become more of a total player, and we are very pleased with her development. She knows her role, and that role is starting to expand."

Despite her expanding role, every postgame interview directed toward Shepherd seems to include a question about her playing time -- it is a game with which she is becoming quite familiar.

With the same poise and maturity she displays on the basketball court, she answers those questions with a coy grin on her face -- she knows what the media wants to hear, she just doesn't think that way. Shepherd simply sits and waits patiently for her cue to play and makes the most of every opportunity given.

Shepherd does what is asked of her, without pouting or complaining.

Shepherd is class personified.

"Lisa is just a good kid," Glen Shepherd said. "I wish she was starting but she is just going to keep playing. I brag about her all around town, even though she never brags about herself. I do enough bragging for both of us."

In the Shepherd's house still remains the same spray painted garage that changed Lisa's life 13 years ago -- a constant reminder of how much her sister means in her life.

A reminder of the respect and admiration Lisa has for Stacie.

"I wear No. 20 because of Stacie, that is what she wore," Shepherd said. "We were pretty competitive growing up, especially in the backyard.

"My dad always used to say, ‘Is today the day you are going to beat your sister?' But I never did," Shepherd continued. "I think I could beat her now, but now when we play one-on-one it's totally different, we don't even keep score."

Too bad Penn State's opponents can't share Stacie's luxury.