Pitt G Nelly Cummings Signs First Professional Contract
PITTSBURGH -- His time as a Pitt Panther is over but Nelly Cummings' basketball career will live on after he signed his first professional contract this week.
Cummings will head to Cyprus to play for AEL Limmasol BC, it was announced this week. He's the first of the four former Panthers to graduate this past season to have signed a professional deal.
Cummings, a diminutive and dynamic guard from nearby Midland, Pennsylvania, grew up a Pitt fan but ended up playing his first four seasons of college basketball for Bowling Green and Colgate. After making it to two NCAA Tournaments and landing on two All-Patriot League teams, he elected to transfer back home.
He was a star for the Panthers, scoring in double figures and leading the team in assists during a landmark year in which the program returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years. Averaging 11.1 points and 4.8 assists per game while knocking down 36% of his 3-point shots, Cummings helped the Panthers record a winning season for the first time during Jeff Capel's tenure and set a program record for ACC wins in a year.
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