Cal Freshman Puff Morris Reportedly Plans to Enter Transfer Portal

Puff Morris was a McDonald's All-America selection who was a starter on the Cal women's basketball team as a freshman when the 2025-26 season began

Puff Morris | Photo by Rob Edwards, KLC Fotos

Cal's women's basketball program apparently will lose its most highly touted freshman as Aliyahna "Puff" Morris plans to enter the transfer portal, according to Talia Goodman of On3/Rivals. Morris reposted Goodman's tweet, which seems to confirm the information.

The 5-foot-5 Morris was a McDonald's All-American coming out of Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and there were expectations that she would make an immediate impact at Cal..

BREAKING: Cal’s Aliyahna “Puff” Morris plans to enter the transfer portal, her representative at @PrioritySports told @On3.

The 5-5 freshman averaged 7 ppg and 3.1 apg this season and was a 2025 McDonald’s All-American.

TRACKER: https://t.co/wYv1Ze6EPC pic.twitter.com/Tr0yUIqTev

— Talia Goodman (@TaliaGoodmanWBB) April 1, 2026

Morris was the Bears' starting point guard for Cal's season opener, and was in the starting lineup for the first two months of the season. But she missed nine games with a knee injury, and when she returned she came off the bench most of the time.

The impressive play by Cal sophomore Gisella Maul, who became a starter during Morris' absence, led coach Charmin Smith to keep Maul in the starting lineup and have Morris as the first player off the bench late in the season.

With Maul in the starting lineup, junior Mjracle Sheppard took over the point-guard chores.

Morris finished the season as the Bears' sixth-leading scorer, averaging 7.0 points per game. She also averaged 3.1 assists and 2.4 rebounds, and she shot 34.1 percent from the floor overall and 31.9 percent from three-point range.

Her best game came in the fourth game of the season, when she scored 17 points, went 5-for-10 on three-pointers, and added eight rebounds and six assists in Cal's 69-44 victory over Charlotte back in November.

The transfer portal for women's basketball opens on April 6 (Monday) and closes April 20.

Cal finished with a 21-15 record this past season, and that inclded a 9-9 mark in the ACC. The Bears did not get a berth in the NCAA tournament, but reached the third round of the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament before losing to eventual WBIT champion Columbia. Morris averaged 3.3 points, 5.0 assists and 19.3 minutes of playing time in those three tournament games.

Most of the Bears' 2025-26 squad is eligible to to return next season, and Smith was hoping to retain the core members of that squad. Center Sakima Walker was the only starter who has run out of eligibility.