Wisconsin WBB adds high scoring veteran guard out of the transfer portal

Wisconsin WBB adds high scoring veteran guard out of the transfer portal

Robin Pingeton has picked up another important transfer commitment, this time from a grad transfer, Destiny Howell out of Howard. Howell is a veteran leader who has played all of her college basketball career at Howard and will use her final year of eligibility to play for Pingeton and Wisconsin. She’s a dynamic scorer who can fill up a stat sheet, and it will be fascinating to see how her game translates to the Big Ten.

Howard transfer Destiny Howell has committed to play for Robin Pingeton and Wisconsin

Destiny Howell averaged 14.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.6 assists. Those stats don’t really do her full game justice. They are impressive, but she has had some incredible games in her career. Last season, she had nine games where she scored more than 20 points and one game in which she scored 30. She has the ability to absolutely take over a game and help her team to victory.

Howell is also long for a guard. She’s listed at 6’0″ and used that size to generate 44 steals and 18 blocks on the season. However, maybe what impresses the most is that she is a savvy veteran leader. She has played a lot of college basketball and done it in a very loyal way. With Pingeton having to rebuild a team from the studs, she will need a player she can trust to run things like a veteran.

Howell joins two other incoming transfers (so far): Gift Uchenna from Southern Illinois and Laci Steele from NC State. Pingeton will still need to add a bunch more players because even with the addition of these three, Wisconsin women’s basketball only has nine players on the roster. That’s not nearly as many as the Badgers will need to compete next season in the Big Ten.

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