Women's team deals with loss of former teammate

A college basketball season is filled with highs and lows. The lowest of lows took place for the UW-Whitewater women's basketball team last weekend.

Alex Scarbro, a former UW-Whitewater student and women's basketball player, passed away suddenly last Saturday. The native of Grayslake, Illinois was a member of last year's UWW women's basketball team but left school once the season was over.

"It's tough to lose anybody when they're young and have so much life left to live," Warhawk women's coach Keri Carollo said. "She was a really special kid. The short amount of time that she was with us she lived life to the fullest. She was a great friend and a really good teammate."

Carollo said the team gave Scarbro's uniform to her father Dave. She was buried wearing the uniform.

According to Carollo, the team will wear a patch with the number 32 for the remainder of the season - it was Alex's number.

To read a Royal Purple article on the tragic death of Scarbro CLICK HERE