Mimi Collins commits to transfer to NC State women's basketball
NC State women’s basketball has added an established Power Five transfer after landing a commitment from Maryland forward Mimi Collins.
The 6-foot-3 Collins, a native of Slidell, La., announced her commitment on Instagram. She will have two seasons of eligibility remaining for NC State women’s basketball.
Collins, a former McDonald’s All-American, started her career at Tennessee, averaging 5.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. She started the final four games of the year and shot 50.8 percent overall on the season, including making 8 of 15 threes.
She then transferred to Maryland, where as a redshirt sophomore in 2020-21 (when eligibility was frozen) Collins was named honorable mention All-Big Ten. She averaged 10.6 points and 6.2 rebounds while shooting 52.1 percent from the field that year.
Collins started this past season on fire for the Terrapins, averaging 15.2 points and 7.8 rebounds through six games. Nagging injuries and the emergence of Maryland forward Angel Reese (who is also transferring from Maryland) cut into Collins’ playing time and production, and she finished the year contributing 7.9 points and 4.8 rebounds.
Against NC State this season, Collins made just 1 of 7 shots and had two points and four rebounds, but she was solid in games against Final Four teams Stanford and South Carolina. Versus the former, Collins had nine points and eight rebounds matching up with the 2021 national-title winners. Against South Carolina, this year’s national champion, Collins had eight points.
NC State women’s basketball is looking for depth after losing to graduation All-American center Elissa Cunane and All-ACC forward Kayla Jones.
Collins is the first newcomer to commit to joining the NC State roster for next season. The Wolfpack did not sign any recruits in the fall. NC State is coming off a season in which it won its third straight ACC Tournament and reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 1998 after earning a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive year.
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