Scott finds expanded role in first season

Illinois guard Arieal Scott (3) in an NCAA basketball game at State Farm Center in Champaign on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.CHAMPAIGN — With braids in her hair, Arieal Scott caught Nancy Fahey off guard inside the weight room during preseason workouts.

So much so that Fahey asked if a player from another team was lifting with the Illinois women's basketball team.

Then, Scott turned around, and the Illini's second-year coach realized it was in fact Illinois' gregarious 5-foot-9 freshman guard who was sporting such a look.

"I am not a boring person," Scott said. "I have a really outgoing personality. With my hair, I like to change it up all the time. For the next game, it will probably be something…