Roll Call: Two Alabama Women’s Basketball Players Planning to Enter Transfer Portal

Tuscaloosa, Ala. — Alabama women’s basketball is bracing for another round of roster turnover, as junior guard Jessica Collins and redshirt sophomore forward/center Jada Jones intend to enter the NCAA transfer portal, sources confirmed to Roll Call on Tuesday.

The departures would raise the program’s offseason exodus to four, joining freshman forward Joy Egbuna and redshirt sophomore forward Reychel Douglas, both of whom previously announced plans to leave the Crimson Tide. Where the quartet ultimately lands remains unclear, but their combined production accounted for a significant chunk of Alabama’s 2024-25 statistical output.

Collins, a two-year starter after transferring from Ohio State, started all 33 games this season and logged 28.1 minutes per night. She averaged 8.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.0 steal while posting 11 double-digit scoring performances. A five-game streak of double-figure outings between Dec. 17 and Jan. 8 highlighted her mid-season surge, culminating in a career-best 20-point effort against Jackson State on Dec. 14. Ten days later she grabbed a personal-best eight rebounds versus Troy.

Jones, granted a medical redshirt after an ACL wiped out her 2024-25 campaign, returned to appear in 31 games with 13 starts. In 16.6 minutes per contest she contributed 4.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and a team-leading 1.8 blocks. Her 61 rejections paced the squad, while her 58 offensive boards ranked second. She set career highs with 15 points against Jackson State and 11 rebounds in a Jan. 18 meeting with Tennessee.

The impending departures leave head coach Pauline Love, recently hired away from Oklahoma where she was an assistant under Jennie Baranczyk, with significant roster reconstruction ahead of her first season in Tuscaloosa. Baranczyk praised Love’s ability to “build something special” upon her departure from Norman, but the Crimson Tide will now need to replace nearly one-third of this season’s minutes played.

Alabama finished the year 19-14 and reached the second round of the WNIT before falling at home to eventual champion Illinois State. With spring workouts on the horizon, Love and her staff are expected to scour both the portal and high-school ranks to replenish backcourt depth and interior size.