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An eighth former Illini women’s basketball player is considering joining the lawsuit filed against the university and athletic officials by seven others Wednesday.
Kierra Morris told The News-Gazette she felt ostracized from the team after chronic knee pain led her to be medically disqualified to play during the 2012-13 season, Matt Bollant’s first at Illinois after being hired away from Wisconsin-Green Bay by new athletic director Mike Thomas.
For that, she blames UI coaches, who she said reneged on a promise to make her a student manager and took measures to alienate her from her teammates.