Aces sign veteran guard, former college teammate of A’ja Wilson

The Aces have finalized a deal to sign veteran guard Tiffany Mitchell, sources told the Review-Journal on Friday.

The 5-foot-9-inch Mitchell was selected No. 9 overall in the 2016 draft by the Indiana Fever. She spent the first seven seasons of her career in Indiana before joining the Minnesota Lynx in 2023 and most recently playing for the Connecticut Sun.

She holds career averages of 8.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.

The 2024 campaign was cut short for Mitchell in mid-July due to an initially undisclosed illness that she later revealed was a life-threatening battle with sepsis. She has since shared in multiple social media posts that she’s fully healthy.

The 30-year-old will serve as another reserve to pair with the recently acquired Dana Evans after the Aces lost three veteran free agent guards this week.

The Sun are now even more depleted, having lost four of their five unrestricted free agents to other teams.

Mitchell was close to an agreement with the Seattle Storm, but had a last-minute change of heart.

She’ll reunite with three-time MVP A’ja Wilson, as they were teammates at South Carolina. Mitchell left the Gamecocks as the most decorated player in program history in 2016, then Wilson led the team to new heights with a national championship in 2017.

Both of their jerseys hang in the rafters at South Carolina.

Mitchell excitedly reacted to a social media post that shared a photo of her and Wilson in light of the news, writing “My girl.”

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