Ole Miss Guard Tianna Thompson Enters Transfer Portal for Second Time

Tianna Thompson, the 5-foot-10 guard who joined Ole Miss last summer as one of the program's most celebrated portal additions, announced Friday on social media that she is entering the transfer portal for the second time in her college career, leaving Oxford after a single season with two years of eligibility remaining.

The Mableton, Georgia native arrived last offseason from Georgia Tech, where she played 21 games as a true freshman in 2024-25 before electing to transfer. She was the third portal addition for the Rebels that offseason, joining Latasha Lattimore and Jayla Murray, and brought credentials that generated genuine anticipation: an ESPN Top 100 ranking, a 2024 McDonald's All-American nomination, and a senior season at The Galloway School in Atlanta in which she averaged 25 points and five assists per game. Thompson was also the first female in her school's history to score 2,500 career points, capping her prep career with a 42-point single-game performance.

At Ole Miss, Thompson appeared in 24 games according to Sports Reference, averaging 4.5 points per game while shooting 44.4 percent from the field and 40.0 percent from three. Yahoo Sports and On3 put her appearance total at 34 games with two starts. Her most prolific college performance came during her Georgia Tech freshman year, when she scored 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including three three-pointers, against Florida State.

Thompson's departure arrives as Ole Miss processes a season that ended one win short of the Sweet 16. The Rebels finished 24-12, earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament's Sacramento regional, and fell to No. 4 seed Minnesota 65-63 in the Round of 32.

Head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, now in her eighth year, has built a reputation as one of the country's most aggressive portal operators and is expected to move quickly once the window officially opens April 6. Her approach yielded one of the program's signature offseason wins last year when Cotie McMahon, a transfer from Ohio State, led Ole Miss in scoring at 19.5 points per game. The portal window closes April 20, giving McPhee-McCuin two weeks to address at least one significant vacancy in the backcourt.

Thompson still has two years of eligibility ahead of her, a sharpshooting profile, and the kind of recruiting pedigree that will make her one of the more sought-after guards available in the current window.