Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever will obtain some reinforcements following Monday’s WNBA Draft. The Fever had the primary general choose within the 2024 WNBA Draft and used it to accumulate Clark. This 12 months, Indiana didn’t draft till the second spherical, at No. 19. The workforce drafted FSU’s Makayla Timpson.
Timpson’s Seminoles teammate Ta’Niya Latson confirmed her assist on her Instagram story.
“Indiana acquired an excellent one
,” Latson’s Instagram story learn.
Latson and Timpson have been teammates at Florida State for the previous three seasons. Throughout that span, Timpson has served because the squad’s beginning ahead.
Timpson led the Seminoles in rebounds per recreation, with 10.6, and blocks, with 3.1. She was FSU’s second-highest scorer in her senior season, placing up 17.5 factors per recreation. She’s a superb shooter, capturing 54.3% from the sphere and 56.8% in her school profession.
Ta’Niya Latson to switch to South Carolina
Makayla Timpson is not the one Florida State participant leaving the squad this offseason. Ta’Niya Latson can be leaving after three years and can spend her senior season at South Carolina.
Latson got here to FSU because the top-ranking capturing guard recruit within the 2022 class and was described by ESPN as an “explosively athletic guard [who] brings assault mode in transition recreation.” She did not disappoint in her three seasons with the Seminoles.
As a junior, Latson led the nation in factors per recreation with 25.2. Her 4.6 common assists and a couple of.2 steals led Florida State. Regardless of the guard’s dominance, the Seminoles continued to battle. The squad made the NCAA Event in every of Latson’s three seasons there, however FSU has by no means superior past the First Spherical in program historical past.
The guard introduced by way of Instagram that she might be transferring to South Carolina, captioning her dedication put up with two phrases:
“Feelin’ c*cky.”
By becoming a member of the Gamecocks, Latson might be reunited with highschool teammate Raven Johnson. The guard will intention to sharpen her talent set with Daybreak Staley’s South Carolina squad.
