Simmons narrows basketball choices to Lady Vols, LSU

It’s going to be a jump ball between Tennessee and LSU for guard Meighan Simmons.

The 5-foot-9 guard from Steele High in Cibolo, Texas, who also had considered Maryland, Rutgers and Duke, said that she will chose between the two SEC schools, the only schools to which she made official visits.

“Where does Meighan fit in the best? Where does Meighan need to be? She needs time to reflect,’’ Steele coach Kari Wallace said Tuesday. “She wants to have time to come down from the ‘ohs’ and ‘ahs’ and make sure she’s making the right choices, not in the moment.”

Wallace said Simmons told her that she was impressed with both schools. Simmons also told the San Antonio Express-News that “it’s always been like a dream of mine to go Tennessee” and added that the sentiment “kind of does” factor into her choice.

Simmons averaged 25 points per game last season in leading Steele to the Class 4A state semifinals. The reigning two-time Express-News player of the year also averaged 4.7 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 3.0 assists per game.

Simmons made her official visit to UT this past weekend.

The Lady Vols have one commitment — guard Lauren Avant from Memphis — for their recruiting class and have another scholarship open.

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