Nation’s leading scorer reportedly transfers to Syracuse women’s basketball
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Wagner guard Jasmine Nwajei will transfer to Syracuse, Scout.com reported Saturday afternoon. Nwajei led the nation in scoring last season with an average of 29 points per game.
Nwajei won’t be eligible until the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules, per the report. Senior guards Alexis Peterson and Brittney Sykes have one more year of eligibility left and space in the lineup could open up for Nwajei, who will be a fifth-year senior, by the following season.
“I have plans to start,” Nwajei told Scout.com. “I’m going to be the floor general, of course a scoring threat and a reflection of Coach Q.”
In addition to her 29 points per game, Nwajei averaged 6.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.6 steals for the Seahawks last season. She shot 38 percent from the field and 25 percent from behind the arc. She scored 40 or more points in five games last year.
After reaching its first-ever national championship game, the Orange will have to replace its most accomplished senior class in program history, including guards Brianna Butler, Cornelia Fondren and Maggie Morrison. SU’s 2016-17 roster is expected to include nine scholarship guards who will still have eligibility remaining in 2017-18.
Published on May 14, 2016 at 12:38 pm
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