Brown, who gave birth to her third child in January, is one of three additions for their Big V away game against Bellarine Storm.

Teenager Sarah Perry will debut, adding to the Mermaids' surplus for 14-year-old players, and Marli Blackney-Noter returns to the line-up. Juina Lual (finger) and Amy Wormald (unavailable) will miss.

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Mermaids coach Lee Primmer said he was thrilled to have Brown - a former WNBL point guard - at his disposal.

"She will play limited minutes but it will be nice to get a start with her and see where we end up at the end of the year," he said.

"You have a coach on the floor. I coached her when she was 10 years old right through to when she went to America.

"She was always one of the best, if not the best, female point guards I've coached.

"She is someone who gels everyone together, she's just the glue in the team."

Brown, who has led the Mermaids to Big V championships as coach, has gathered knowledge from her basketball journey which will help Primmer's young team.

"The way I like things to be done she's the same but she has some different spins on it because she has been to college," he said.

"She's learned lots of different things from overseas, the WNBL and she had a good stint in Brisbane also.

"She's had different coaches and she's bringing a little bit from everyone back into this group of girls."

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Primmer said Perry was a promising shooting guard with strong family connections to basketball.

"Her father Simon was not a bad basketballer, he played with Horsham Hornets years ago when he lived up there," he said.

"Then he was a great footballer and president of Warrnambool footy club."

Perry has trained with the Mermaids throughout pre-season.

"She is petite. The girls who are already playing minutes are ahead of her but by the time she is 17 or 18, who knows because she can shoot it," Primmer said.

The Mermaids, coming off their third win of the season, will match up well against the Storm.

"Bellarine are also a younger group," Primmer said.

"We are probably going to start with Grace (Rodgers) at 18, Molly McKinnon at 19 and three 14 year olds in Mia Mills, Molly McLaren and Matilda Sewell.

"I am nearly coaching the under 16 girls' team again but in a Big V conference."

The Seahawks (3-5) are also on the road against Shepparton Gators on Saturday night.

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