Women's Basketball | 5/7/2024 10:45:00 AM

Utah Tech head women's basketball coach JD Gustin announced on Tuesday the signing of Eastern Kentucky transfer Brie Crittendon to a financial aid agreement ahead of the upcoming 2024-25 season. 
 
Crittendon played in two of the three seasons she spent with the Colonels' program and has two years of eligibility remaining.  

"Brie brings to our team a level of veteran experience that we believe can be highly impactful," said Coach Gustin. "She's a strong, tough, physical guard with good size who will go to work each day and bring a competitive spirit. Her ability to shoot it will help us keep the floor spaced, but we also like how she attacks the paint."
 
Crittendon (5-10; Union, Ky./Ryle HS) was part of an EKU team that posted a 22-12 overall record this past season, which included a 9-7 mark in Atlantic Sun Conference play. The Colonels went on to advance to the ASUN semifinal round and also earned a berth into the 2024 WNIT. 

The junior-to-be started in 16 of 33 games played and averaged 5.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per contest. She finished fifth on the team in made 3-pointers (22-of-84), and collected 29 total assists and 23 steals on the year.
 
Crittendon scored 10 or more points seven times last season, including in six of her first nine games overall. She poured in a career-high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting with five 3-pointers in a home win over Miami [OH] (12/6/23), which came on the heels of an 18-point performance with four treys two nights earlier in a home rout of Simmons (12/4/23). 

Crittendon, who redshirted during the 2022-23 campaign, played in 31 games with 23 starts as a true freshman at EKU in 2021-22, during which she was mentored by current Utah Tech associate head coach Matt Thune. She averaged 4.9 points and 3.3 rebounds that season, highlighted by a 15-point, six-rebound effort in a double overtime road win at Appalachian State (12/21/21). 
 
The Trailblazer newcomer prepped at Ryle High School in Union, Ky., where she averaged double figures in three of her four seasons as a Lady Raider, and graduated as one of four players in school history who tallied 1,700 career points. 
 
Crittendon helped lead RHS to a 123-42 record along with one KHSAA state championship, four 33^rd District titles, and three 9^th Region crowns. She was a two-time Region MVP honoree and a 2021 first team all-state selection. 
 
Crittendon is Utah Tech's seventh signee ahead next season, joining fellow spring additions in Andjela Colic (Belgrade, Serbia), Aaliyah Ibarra (Las Vegas, Nev/College of Southern Nevada), Mattie Olson (Idaho Falls, Idaho/Montana State), and Chardonnay Hartley (Harlem, N.Y/Niagara), along with fall prep signees in Ellie Taylor (West Jordan, Utah/Copper Hills HS, and Paige Cofer (Eagle, Idaho/Eagle HS).