The town of Collierville, Collierville High School, the Memphis basketball community, the University of Tennessee and SEC community, along with basketball fans across the world now mourn the loss of the great Nikki McCray-Penson.
McCray-Penson went on after her illustrious on-court career as a WNBA All-Star and Olympic Gold-Medalist to become an accomplished coach at Old Dominion and later Mississippi State. In the end, McCray-Penson was indeed a Memphis area basketball legend and will be missed. McCray-Penson died on Friday, July 7, 2023, at age 51. Jason & John paid their respects and remembered McCray-Penson as news became public on Friday (7/7/23) on 92.9 FM ESPN: