Olympic Gold-Medalist, Former South Carolina Assistant Nikki Mccray-Penson Dies at 51

The ball is pictured entering the basket during a women's basketball match in Tokyo on July 27, 2021, during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images

Two-time Olympic gold-medalist and former Tennessee star Nikki McCray-Penson has died. She was 51.

McCray-Penson was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Rutgers last season and the school on Friday confirmed her death. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013.