Maryland women’s basketball lands NC State transfer guard Jakia Brown-Turner

NC State senior guard Jakira Brown-Turner introduced Thursday afternoon that she’s going to switch to Maryland girls’s basketball.

The Oxon Hill, Maryland native is the primary incoming switch for the Terps this offseason. She has one yr of school eligibility remaining.

Brown-Turner attended native Bishop McNamara Excessive Faculty, the place she was a top-15 recruit within the nation and the 2019 Maryland Gatorade Participant of the Yr.

She spent the final 4 seasons with the Wolfpack, beginning in all 32 video games final season. The 6-foot wing has a profession common of 10.5 factors per recreation, 4.3 rebounds and two assists per recreation. She was named to the All-ACC freshman crew after the 2019-20 season, and within the following season was an All-ACC first-team choice and All-American honorable point out. She has scored 1,273 factors in her profession.

With the lack of freshman guard Gia Cooke to the portal final week, Maryland was left with junior Shyanne Sellers and incoming freshman Riley Nelson as the one true level guards on the energetic roster.

Brown-Turner’s dedication places the Terps at 12 crammed roster spots, leaving head coach Brenda Frese with three open spots to be crammed.