According to a tweet from The Portal Report , North Alabama guard Taye Fields has reported interest from New Mexico during his time in the college basketball transfer portal.
A fifth-year senior guard from Opelika, Alabama, Fields started all 35 games this season in his lone year at North Alabama. A great rebounder at 6-foot-4, Fields averaged 11 points, nine rebounds and four assists per game while shooting 36 percent from three-point range. Fields had 12 games with double-digit rebounds, including a 23-point, 17-rebound effort in a January win over Stetson.
Fields spent his first three collegiate seasons playing at Division II Missouri Western State. He played in 88 games, making 68 starts for the Griffons. A two-time All-Conference selection, Fields led the team in rebounds, assists, blocks and steals as a sophomore. As a junior, he averaged 13 points, 10 rebounds and four assists per game.
As a high school senior, Fields averaged 19 points, nine rebounds and five assists per game to help Lee-Huntsville High to the 5A State championship, their first in more than a decade. He was named MVP of the state tournament, finishing with nine points, 10 rebounds, three assists and two steals in the final game. The Portal Report lists Ole Miss, Rutgers, Temple, VCU, East Tennessee State, Marshall and Sam Houston as other schools that have expressed interest in Fields…