Three days after making the hire official, White received a resounding reception from fans when she was reintroduced to a home-state crowd Monday.
INDIANAPOLIS — Stephanie White is coming home to win again.
Yes, after collecting Indiana’s prestigious Miss Basketball Award in high school and leading Purdue to the 1999 NCAA title, after playing on the Indiana Fever expansion team and serving as an assistant coach during the franchise’s 2012 championship run, White has decided she has some unfinished business to complete in her second stint as Indiana’s head coach.
She can’t wait.
So three days after Indiana hired White, she returned to Gainbridge Fieldhouse and received a rousing reception from her home-state fans with some of her new players, including Caitlin Clark, in the crowd.
“It’s going to be really hard for me to not get emotional today, but you know, I think all of these familiar faces in the building here, this is coming home for me,” White said Monday during her …
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