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Former Pitt PG Nelly Cummings Will Workout for Charlotte Hornets

The former Pitt Panthers point guard will get a shot at the NBA.

Stephen Thompson

Former Pitt PG Nelly Cummings Will Workout for Charlotte Hornets
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PITTSBURGH -- Nelly Cummings' basketball career is not over, even after closing a wildly successful five years in college by leading his hometown Pitt Panthers back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years. 

Cummings will pursue a career in the NBA next week when he participates in a workout with the Charlotte Hornets, according to a report from George Michalowski of Pittsburgh Sports Now.

Cummings averaged 11.1 points, 4.8 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game this past season while making 36% of his 3-pointers in 36 games, all of which were starts. 

Some of his brightest moments as a Panther came in the biggest games. He made six 3-pointers and scored 22 points in a tight win over Syracuse up at the JMA Wireless Dome in December. His personal 9-0 run late in the second half at North Carolina helped the Panthers turn momentum and escape Chapel Hill with a win in early February. He recorded a season-high 13 assists, along with 14 assists in a win over Georgia Tech later that month. At the First Four in Dayton, Ohio, he led the Panthers in scoring with 15 points as they beat Mississippi State for the first NCAA Tournament win for this program in almost a decade.

He is leaving a legacy that will last long beyond his time as a player at Pitt, with his brother Brandin set to succeed him in 2024 when he signs with the Panthers and enrolls at Pitt. Brandin Cummings is a three-star combo guard, the only player currently committed to the Panthers in the class of 2024.

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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