Former Ole Miss women’s basketball player Promise Taylor transfers to Mississippi State
Published 9:39 pm Monday, May 14, 2018
- Ole Miss' Promise Taylor (55) is defended by South Alabama's Antoinette Lewis (35) in an NCAA women's basketball game at the Pavilion at Ole Miss, in Oxford, Miss. on Saturday, December 9, 2017. (Bruce Newman, Oxford Eagle via AP)
Promise Taylor is switching sides.
Taylor, a former Ole Miss women’s basketball player, is transferring to Mississippi State. Taylor tweeted Monday night she had signed with the Rebels’ in-state rival. She’ll have to sit out next season to fulfill SEC transfer rules.
Rated by Prospects Nation as a top-150 recruit coming out of high school, the 6-foot-5 Taylor played in 31 games with 13 starts this past season, earning freshman All-SEC honors after averaging 8.3 points, six rebounds and 2.6 blocks to serve as a bright spot on a team that finished last in the SEC with one league win.
Taylor is joining a Mississippi State team that’s become one of the nation’s best under Vic Schaefer, finishing as the national runner-up each of the last two seasons. The Bulldogs put together an undefeated regular season — just the second ever in SEC women’s hoops — before falling to Notre Dame in the national championship game.
Taylor transferred after coach Matt Insell agreed to part ways with Ole Miss in March after a five-year stint. Ole Miss hired former Jacksonville coach Yolanda McPhee-McCuin in April.
Four other players have left since the coaching change, including leading scorer Madinah Muhammad.
Its Official!!!??. I am Blessed and Excited!!! @julia_themom43 @dee_d35 @CoachVic_MSU @Humbleheart501 @buckd313#hailstatehoops pic.twitter.com/j9NI2X32bA
— Promise Taylor (@MissPromiseT) May 15, 2018