She’s gone some 900 miles away to build her own athletic career and become her own woman and yet so many places she goes, Carlee Roethlisberger finds she’s still Big Ben’s little sister.

And depending on the circumstance that can mean a warm, almost fawning embrace or, once in a while, a taunting poke to the sensibilities.

Roethlisberger is a 6-foot-1 starting senior forward for the Oklahoma Sooners women’s basketball team that faces Notre Dame in an NCAA tournament regional semifinal at UD Arena this afternoon.

Since she grew up in Findlay, played AAU ball for the Dayton Lady HoopStars and Ben went to college 50 miles away at Miami University, she’ll have many family members and friends in the crowd today and maybe even her famous — and for a while there, infamous — brother, who is the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback.

And it’s because of him that she’s gotten a roller-coaster reception this year..............

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