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New Mexico State women's basketball signs three for 2023

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LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State Women’s Basketball has officially announced three new signings for the upcoming 2023-2024 basketball season. Tylie Jones, Loes Rozing and Femme Sikuzani Masudi have each signed letters of intent to play for Jody Adams and staff next season.

Each of the three signings are incoming transfers – two junior college, one division I – Jones and Rozzing each come from the junior college ranks, while Sikuzani Masudi comes to NM State from UT Austin after spending two years at the JUCO level.

Tylie Jones, College of Southern Idaho

The junior college product out of Southern Idaho brings good size and is a consistent scoring threat down in the low post. Last season, Jones averaged 8.2 points a game while shooting a team best 49.1 percent off the bench for the Golden Eagles. She also ranked third on the team in rebounds (4.6), fourth in steals (53) and fourth in blocks (12). Before heading to Southern Idaho, Jones played one season at Snow College where she made one start in 26 appearances, averaging 5.3 points and 3.7 rebounds a game. Jones received a scholarship to Snow College after an impressive career at Rigby High School.

Loes Rozing, South Georgia Technical College

Rozing makes her way to Las Cruces having spent her last two seasons at South Georgia Tech, where she played a total of 67 games for the Lady Jets, averaging 3.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists during her two years with the program. Last season, Rozing helped the Lady Jets to a 32-2 overall record which led to a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Championship (GCAA) and number one seed in the NJCAA DI Tournament. Rozing played key minutes for SGTC down the stretch, averaging 26.7 minutes a contest over the last ten games of the season while producing 3.2 points a game during that span.

Femme Sikuzani Masudi, Texas

Sikuzani Masudi has spent her last two colligate seasons playing for Texas where she averaged 1.4 points and 1.2 rebounds in 16 games for the Longhorns. Before making her way to Austin, Sukuzani Masudi was considered one of the top junior college prospects in the nation for her time spent at South Georgia Tech. In 2021, All Star Girls Report listed Sikuzani Masudi as the No. 1 JUCO prospect in the nation while Dan Olson’s Collegiate Girls Basketball Report ranked her as the No. 7 prospect. During her two-year stint with the Lady Jets, Sikuzani Masudi averaged 9.1 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks a game. During her freshman campaign, the lengthy center managed to average a double-double (10.6 points, 10.8 rebounds) while leading the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) in total rebounds (345), blocks (46), field-goal percentage (55.0), offensive rebounds (156) and defensive rebounds (189) and even earned a spot on the NJCAA Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-Star team.

This article originally appeared on Las Cruces Sun-News: New Mexico State women's basketball signs three for 2023