Former WNBA star and ex-Tennessee Lady Volunteers hooper Nikki McCray-Penson has tragically passed away at 51 years old.
The heartbreaking news was confirmed to The Tennesean on Friday by Rutgers University, where McCray-Penson had been working as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team.
The school did not provide a cause of death ... but Univ. of Tenn. reporter Maria Corneliussaid McCray-Penson passed away after battling breast cancer for a second time.
The former guard starred at Tennessee in the 1990s .