Harley Holloway wasn't sure where her basketball road would take her.

It's already been a winding journey.

The shooting guard started her high school career at Kiski and scored 600 points during her freshman and sophomore campaigns there.

She moved back to her hometown of Freeport at the beginning of her junior season and reached 1,000 points in her career during her senior campaign.

Holloway said she enjoyed both stops on her high school basketball sojourn.

“I enjoyed playing with all the different girls,” Holloway said. “When I played at Kiski, I made a lot of new friends and that was fun, and when I moved back to Freeport, I was already friends with them, but it was nice to see them and play with them again.”

Holloway finished her career with 1,044 career points.

“(Scoring 1,000 career points) is something I can look back on for the rest of my life as something to be proud of,” Holloway said.

Now a Freeport graduate, Holloway was looking for a hoop home at the next level.

An offer came from a surprising place.

Holloway visited D'Youville College near Buffalo, N.Y.

She knew she had possibly found her home.

D'Youville moved up from NCAA Division III to Division II and Holloway was among the first athletes who was offered an athletic scholarship.

She hasn't officially signed to play for the Saints, but she said that is a mere formality.

“It's really exciting. It'll be nice up there,” Holloway said. “I worked really hard to get this.”

Holloway was Freeport's second-leading scorer last season at 9.3 points per game. The 5-foot-5 guard also drained 31 3-pointers.

Holloway played much of her junior and senior seasons with a right knee injury.

She tore her PCL as a junior, but opted against surgery.

“It's all right,” Holloway said. “It hasn't been a problem that much.”

Holloway is just happy she got to shed the bulky brace that stabilized the knee as a junior.

“That was awful,” Holloway said of the brace. “I hated that. I just have to wear a sleeve now.”

Holloway has been trying to hone her skills as much as possible during the coronavirus pandemic.

It hasn't always been easy.

She has a hoop outside her Freeport home, which has helped.

Holloway said there is one thing she really needs to polish when she can finally get back into a gym.

“My shooting. I need to get back into that after being on a little bit of a break,” Holloway said. “I'm going to have to get my speed back up and learn to play at that level.”

Holloway has always played with passion and an edge.

She's certainly not shy about mixing things up on the court.

It's a trait she's always had and one she hopes helps her at the next level.

“I just love playing the game so much,” Holloway said. “That's where that comes from.”