New Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer hasn’t been on the job very long but he has already started working on his roster for the future. Lauren Ebo announced through social media that she is leaving State College, Pennsylvania for the Forty Acres.
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— Lauren-Jenee EbođĽ (@laurenneboo) April 13, 2020
The Washington DC native provided 5.3 points per game for the Nittany Lions during the 2019-20 season in 20.3 minutes per game. Should she be deemed immediately eligible to play, she will try and help fill a void left by the departure of senior Joyner Holmes. Ebo is subject to the NCAA transfer guidelines that could require her to sit out next season unless she is granted a waiver.
This marks the second Penn State player to come to Austin. Karisma Ortiz also made the move to go from the Lady Lions to the Longhorns. Ortiz will be eligible to play the first season under new coach Schaefer. The new coach still has work to do as he tries to rebuild the program back up but Schaefer isn’t letting these current times to deter him from getting started.
Provided that Ebo can play in the upcoming season, she would likely see plenty of minutes next to Charli Collier as the forward duo. Not to mention the incoming class that features Elyssa Coleman of Humble and Precious Johnson of Baytown.