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Tennessee Lady Vols guard Jazmine Massengill enters transfer portal

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - FEBRUARY 2: Cheerleaders of the Tennessee Volunteers pregame against the Kentucky Wildcats in a game at Thompson-Boling Arena on February 2, 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - FEBRUARY 2: Cheerleaders of the Tennessee Volunteers pregame against the Kentucky Wildcats in a game at Thompson-Boling Arena on February 2, 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey/Getty Images) /
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After two seasons with the Tennessee Lady Vols, Jazmine Massengill is entering the transfer portal. How will that affect the women’s basketball Volunteers?

Coming off a sophomore year in which she started 30 of 31 games for the Tennessee Lady Vols, Jazmine Massengill has entered the transfer portal, according to Maria M. Cornelius of GoVols247. The 6’0″ guard averaged over six and a half points, nearly five rebounds and over four assists a game for the 21-10 team under first-year head coach Kellie Harper.

Massengill, a five-star in UT’s 2018 recruiting class, stepped into her role as a starter as Zaay Green, who was supposed to break out this year, suffered a season-ending injury. However, she also had to compete with freshman phenom Jordan Horston in terms of being the top distributor for Harper’s first team.

On that front, Horston entering her sophomore year and Green returning from injury is why it makes sense that Massengill would consider transferring from the Tennessee Lady Vols. The emergence of Rae Burrell down the stretch of this season, eventually becoming a starter, only affirmed what would happen upon Green’s return.

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It’s pretty clear Massengill would have seen her minutes drop, especially with two more guards committed to the program for 2020. With superstar potential, Massengill should go somewhere she could put that on display.

However, with Massengill gone, Harper has her work cut out for her in trying to figure out the depth in the back court next year. Rennia Davis is locked in on the wing, and even with Lou Brown gone, UT is loaded in its front-court. Harper could either use Horston and Green, Green and Burrell or Horston and Burrell. But those will be the three players competing for the two spots.

Behind that, Jessie Rennie will be expected to take on a larger role as a three-point specialist, and then Harper would prefer one of the two incoming prospects, Destiny Salary or Tess Darby, emerge as another option. So while Massengill was going to see her minutes decrease, it’s clear her departure complicates things for the Tennessee Lady Vols.