Westside grad Cumbo plays in South Alabama loss

Westside High School graduate Rachel Cumbo contributed a point in University of South Alabama's 69-48 loss to Middle Tennessee State University on Feb. 20 in Murfreesboro, Tenn., South Alabama's website reported.

The freshman guard and the Jaguars are 14-12 on the season and 7-10 in the Sun Belt Conference.

South Alabama's next game is 5:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 at home against the University of North Texas.

Cumbo is a redshirt freshman guard for University of South Alabama. She is a 2011 graduate of Westside High School in Houston, where she was a four-year letter winner under head coach Troy Gillespie. Cumbo was named first-team all-district after averaging 14.7 points per game with five rebounds, 2.5 assists and 3.1 steals as a senior. She helped WHS to a second-place finish in its conference with a 26-11 record and was selected to participate in the Greater Houston Area All-Star Game in the spring of her senior year, where she recorded nine points. The sports marketing major is from Houston and is the daughter of Eddie and Monique Cumbo.

For more information, visit www.usajaguars.com/documents/2013/2/20/Middle_Tennessee_69,_South_Alabama_48.pdf?id=2272.