It’s going to be a busy weekend for Tammy Brown.
Brown has two daughters playing in March Madness this year: Teonni Key is a sophomore guard/forward for eighth-seeded North Carolina, currently up 35-27 on ninth-seeded Michigan State at halftime. Key already has five points and four rebounds in just 10 minutes of play, doubling her average. The Tar Heels are playing in Columbia, South Carolina; the winner of their game will next play the winner of top-seeded South Carolina and Presbyterian on Sunday.
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But the day between means Brown, who played volleyball at Coastal Carolina, will have time to make the three-hour, 20-minute drive over to NC State to watch older daughter Tamari, a senior for the sixth-seeded Tennessee Lady Vols. Tennessee takes on 11th-seeded Green Bay, with tip scheduled for 12 p.m. ET Saturday. Then Brown will head back to Columbia, provided North Carolina advances.
ESPN reported Brown got into Raleigh, N.C. late Thursday and had time to hug Tamari and hang out with her for awhile before heading to Columbia to watch little sister.
The Key sisters are, well, key players for their respective teams. Teonni averages 2.8 points and 2.2 rebounds per game, but any time she’s able to give the Tar Heels more than that — like she is today — it’s a big positive.
Tamari, meanwhile, averages 4.7 points and 3.7 rebounds for the Lady Vols. That Tamari is playing at all this season is a huge accomplishment given that last year, she was ruled out in December after doctors discovered blood clots in her lungs.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Teonni and Tamari Key are key players for North Carolina, Tennessee
