Mississippi State adds Stony Brook center to women's hoops team
After losing its top three centers, Mississippi State women’s basketball is hoping to rebuild the group this offseason.
Sam Purcell already added one post player in veteran 6’2 forward Kharyssa Richardson, and the Bulldogs grabbed a 6’6 center on Friday. Sources confirmed to Maroon and White Daily that Stony Brook sophomore Faith Wylder would be transferring to State for her second collegiate season.
Wylder, a native of New York, spent one year with the Stony Brook program and played in just five games before going down with a season-ending injury. Despite missing almost all of her freshman year, Wylder became a hot commodity in the transfer portal with interest from NC State, Kansas State, Illinois and many others before choosing the Bulldogs.
The New York native has intriguing upside but is unproven to this point. She was homeschooled in high school and didn’t get enough action on the court last year with the five games under her belt. She has a long, athletic build at 6’6 and can stretch the floor to beat teams from midrange, off the dribble or around the rim.
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Wylder is the fourth transfer portal addition to team this offseason joining Richardson, North Carolina guard Trayanna Crisp and Howard point guard Saniyah King. The Bulldogs are having to replace almost the entire team after the graduation of Jerkaila Jordan, Eniya Russell and Kayla Thomas. The transfers followed with seven total hitting the market.
Starters Debreasha Powe and Denim DeShields transferred to arch rival Ole Miss while center Madina Okot went to South Carolina. Back up center Quanirah Montague also left for an SEC school and transferred to Auburn.
The Bulldogs are bringing back key reserves Chandler Prater and Destiney McPhaul with third-year center Rocio Jimenez also returning and looking for her first action. State had a top 10 high school recruiting class with a trio of four stars and also added junior college All-American guard Awa Fane.
With those returnees and additions, MSU currently has 11 players on the roster.
