Western Kentucky’s women’s basketball team is embracing a new identity with roster turnover.
Michelle Clark-Heard enters her sixth season coaching the Lady Toppers and brings on eight new additions to the 2017-18 squad, but will be without two pillars she’s had in the program’s resurgence under her direction.
Heard enters her first year leading a group absent either Micah Jones or Kendall Noble, but adds five freshmen, a junior college transfer and two more players who will be eligible next season.
“We’ve got a lot of new faces and new things we have to teach,” Heard said during a news conference Tuesday.