Michigan State women's basketball adds transfers from Arizona State, Ball State

Brian Calloway, Lansing State Journal
ASU Sun Devils guard Jaddan Simmons (2) shoots the ball over Washington Huskies guard Hannah Stines (1) at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe on Feb. 16, 2024.
ASU Sun Devils guard Jaddan Simmons (2) shoots the ball over Washington Huskies guard Hannah Stines (1) at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe on Feb. 16, 2024.

The Michigan State women's basketball program continued its busy stretch of activity in the transfer portal Saturday.

Arizona State transfer Jaddan Simmons announced Saturday via her Instagram account her commitment to coach Robyn Fralick and the Spartans for her final season.

Simmons, a guard, made her mark as a scorer and defender during her four seasons at Arizona State where she started 107 of 108 games. She ranks 17th in program history in career points with 1,139 points. She also was named All-Pac-12 honorable mention on defense during her final two seasons for the Sun Devils.

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Simmons averaged 9.5 points, 4.1 assists and 3.4 rebounds last season for Arizona State.

Saturday marked the third straight day MSU landed a player from the transfer portal. The Spartans got a commitment from Ball State's Nyla Hampton on Friday

Ball State women's basketball's Nyla Hampton shoots a contest layup over Notre Dame's Cassandre Prosper (4) in her team's 90-59 loss to Notre Dame at Worthen Arena on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023.
Ball State women's basketball's Nyla Hampton shoots a contest layup over Notre Dame's Cassandre Prosper (4) in her team's 90-59 loss to Notre Dame at Worthen Arena on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023.

The 5-foot-7 Hampton was a starting guard at Ball State and averaged 9.4 points, 4.8 assists and 3.8 rebounds while starting all 25 games for Ball State this winter. She was the defensive player of the year in the Mid-American Conference for a second straight season this winter.

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Prior to playing at Ball State, Hampton played three seasons at Bowling Green for Fralick.

The Spartans added Ohio State transfer Emma Shumate from the transfer portal on Thursday and last week got a commitment from Oregon standout Grace VanSlooten.

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