South Carolina adds JUCO player of year in Sakima Walker

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley is adding junior college player of the year Sakima Walker to her roster. The 6-foot-5 Walker announced her decision on social media Friday. Walker spent her first two years in college at Rutgers before transferring to Northwest Florida State College, where she helped the team win the JUCO national title. She averaged 16.7 points and 8.2 rebounds in 32 games last season. Walker joins a program that lost seven seniors from this year’s Final Four team, including three-time All-American Aliyah Boston. Walker joins ex-Oregon guard Te-Hina Paopao as incoming transfers.