KNOXVILLE – The Tennessee women’s basketball team announced the addition of 6-foot-3 Washington State graduate transfer Louise Brown on Thursday.
Brown’s addition will give an otherwise young roster a third senior for a crucial 2018-19 season.
Tennessee’s roster for the upcoming season is shaping up to consist of eight freshmen and sophomores as the Lady Vols seek to rebound from an end to this past season that “left a sour taste,” according to rising sophomore Rennia Davis.
Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick, center, is led back to the bench by Rennia Davis (0) assistant coach Dean Lockwood after Warlick argued a call in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against South Carolina at the women’s Southeastern Conference tournament Friday, March 2, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick watches the second half of a second-round game against Oregon State in the NCAA college basketball tournament Sunday, March 18, 2018, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)Tennessee lost an NCAA tournament home game for the first time in program history when sixth-seeded Oregon State knocked off the third-seeded Lady Vols 66-59 in the second round.
“Since we lost, we’ve all just been in the gym getting up extra shots and extra work,” Davis said last week. “Practices have been way more intense, lifts, everything. You can just tell the coaches and players are more locked in. We’re all just dissatisfied with last year.”