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Aww! Yvonne Orji and Her Bae Dressed Up As ‘Love and Basketball’s Quincy and Monica For Halloween

She played him for his heart…and won!
Aww! Yvonne Orji and Her Bae Dressed Up As ‘Love and Basketball’s Quincy and Monica For Halloween
By Charli Penn · Updated October 23, 2020
It looks like Insecure star Yvonne Orji’s love is still on top and going strong. On Halloween night, the actress was spotted on Tina Knowles Lawson’s Instagram feed enjoying a night out with her bae, boyfriend ex-Cleveland Browns star Emmanuel Acho, in full costume.
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The couple dressed up as one of the most iconic Black film couples of our time—Monica and Quincy from classic romance Love and Basketball. Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps brought the childhood friends-turned-college sweethearts and married ballers to life onscreen back in 2000 and they quickly became Black audience favorites.
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Orji and Acho rocked the matching Crenshaw basketball Jerseys (we swoon!) and adorable smiles. Orji even rocked her hair just like Monica did in the film, with all of the early 90s era nostalgia details there. For their photos, the lovebirds acted out some of the classic scenes and poses from the film, including the tear-jerker moment from the ending when Monica played Quincy for his heart in an emotional game of one-on-one—and won! https://www.instagram.com/p/BpoFosWFKxc/?hl=en&taken-by=yvonneorji
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Orji and Acho began dating in early 2018 and went public with their relationship in the spring, making things Instagram official in May. Over the summer, Orji spread the love when she opened up to fans about how the couple met and shared the prayer she prayed before they connected.