Steph Gorman won’t return to play at USU
Less than a week after Utah State’s women’s basketball program began turning over a new leaf with the hiring of head coach Kayla Ard on March 24, the process of rebuilding could be taking a new hit.
Steph Gorman, the minutes leader for USU this past season, has reportedly entered the transfer portal. The Aggies ended 2019-2020 with an 8-23 overall record including its worst conference record since the program’s reinstatement in 2003.
The Twitter account “NCAA WBB Transfer List” (@NCAAWBBT) posted a tweet on March 27 indicating that Gorman is in the portal. The Utah Statesman later confirmed that Gorman will not return to play in Logan next year and she has already been removed from the 2020-21 roster on the official athletics website.
Utah State:
Steph Gorman 6-0 G Wodonga Senior Secondary College HS Australia
Averaged 10.7 PPG and 3.7RPG and 2.8APG will have 2 years remaining— NCAA WBB Transfer List (@NCAAWBBT) March 27, 2020
In two seasons with Utah State, Gorman averaged 8.7 points per game, 2.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 31.2 minutes per game. Gorman led the Aggies in minutes during the 2019-20 campaign, playing 35.6 per night in 30 starts. She finished third on the team in scoring at 10.7 points per game while leading them in assists (2.8 per game) and steals (2.0) along with 3-pointers made (68) and attempted (210).
Utah State will dearly miss Gorman’s experience on the floor as next year’s team was already going to desperately lack players with Division I minutes. Just three returning Aggies can boast career minutes totals north of 400 with 10 projected members of next year’s team having fewer than 200, including five freshmen. And looking at the three players with some level of court time — senior Emmie Harris, sophomore Faith Brantley and junior Taylor Franson — their combined career per game average is 2.3 points, 0.9 assists and 1.9 rebounds. As of now, none of the projected roster spots will be filled by a player who has averaged more than four points per game in a Division I basketball season.
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