MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — This college basketball season will be a memorable one in many ways. Middle Tennessee senior Jo'Vontae Millner-Criss might have more to remember than just about anyone.
Battling through the season marred by COVID-19, injuries for some of his teammates and a week off in late February because of a freak winter storm are just some of what has made this season unique for the forward from Burlington, North Carolina. The back of his jersey has also changed.
Millner-Criss had a special gift for Lindsey Criss last Mother's Day. She and her husband, Chas, and their two sons have become his family since he started living with them when he was in high school.