In 2018-19, Mississippi State women’s hoops will have the two top rebounders in the Southeastern Conference playing side-by-side.

Going along with the SEC’s top rebounder from last season is MSU’s Teaira McCowan, Vic Schaefer got some major news today with Texas A&M’s Anriel Howard announcing her intentions to transfer to Starkville. Howard, a graduate transfer, is eligible immediately to play her final season for the Bulldogs.

Howard said that she chose the Bulldogs over South Carolina. She also took visits to Florida State and Connecticut. She is the third player to transfer to MSU this season joining sophomores-to-be Andra Espinoza-Hunter from UConn and Promise Taylor from Ole Miss.

Howard comes to State with one of the most productive careers in Aggie women’s basketball history. In just three seasons, Howard became Texas A&M’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,002 and was the first player in school history to hit the 1,000-board mark.

Last season, Howard broke the single-season school record with 439 rebounds which ranked ninth all-time in SEC history. Her future teammate McCowan broke the SEC record with 544 rebounds last year which was the second most in the history of NCAA women’s basketball.

The numbers for Howard are astounding at 5’11 as she’s become one of the most dominate post players currently in the league. The Atlanta native has the NCAA Tournament record for rebounds in a game when she pulled down 27 against Missouri State in the 2016 tournament as a sophomore.

She currently has 32 career double-doubles which is first in TAMU annals coming off a season where she posted 20 such performances and averaged 11.9 points, 12.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists a game. For her career in Aggieland, Howard averaged 8.9 points and 9.6 boards finishing with an average of a double-double in each of her past two seasons.

Howard also competed on the track team for the Aggies in 2016 where she qualified for the NCAA Regional in the triple jump hitting 39 feet, 10 inches. She jumped 41 feet, 0.5 inches in the SEC Championship in 2016.

The addition of Howard gives MSU an answer at the power forward position beside McCowan and makes MSU the most formidable frontcourt in the SEC this season with the top two rebounders in the conference playing for the same team.

“I’m honored to be able to play next to her,” Howard told 247Sports in an exclusive interview. “I think that together we can be more dominant than we ever have. I think that we will dominate the paint on any court we go to. I don’t think that anybody can prepare for us. I’ve played against Tea so I know how good she is in a game but I hear she’s even better in a practice setting so I’m ready to get to work.”

Howard opens up more about her intentions to sign with the Bulldogs in an exclusive interview coming shortly. Keep it locked in here for more from the latest addition to Schaefer’s squad.