DETROIT (11/20/2020) -- The NCAA has granted immediate eligibility to University of Detroit Mercy junior guard Kaela Webb (Pontiac, Mich. / Providence), making her eligible to compete for the Titans in the 2020-21 season, it was announced Friday.

Webb, who played her first two collegiate seasons for Providence College, transferred into the Titan women's basketball program this summer. Webb, a Big East All-Freshman Team member in 2018-19, is a local product and won three Class B state championships at Detroit Country Day and was a finalist for the Miss Basketball award in Michigan in 2018.

"We are extremely blessed to have Kaela Webb become immediately eligible for our program," Detroit Mercy head coach AnnMarie Gilbert said. "She is very talented and has become an amazing leader for our team in such a short time. Her ceiling is really high and she makes our team better."

The Pontiac, Michigan, native played in 67 games for Providence in two seasons, making 46 total starts, including 28 as a sophomore last season in 2019-20. Webb was among the nation's leaders in 3-point field goals made (78) last year, ranking second in the Big East and 37th nationally. She also ranked 33rd in the country in 3-point field goal percentage (40.8), which was also second in the Big East.

She started 28 of 32 games for Providence in 2019-20, ranking second on the squad in scoring at 9.9 points per game, first in steals (1.3 steals per game) and contributed 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. 

Webb sank 125 total 3-pointers across two seasons with the Friars, scoring in double figures 17 times in 2019-20 and 27 times total for Providence. She was a 40.1% shooter on 3-point shots (125-for-312) and sank 86.3% (63-for-73) of her free throw shots in two seasons at Providence.

The addition of Webb strengthens a Titan lineup that brings back four of five starters and 87-percent of its scoring output from a season ago. Detroit Mercy enters its first season under head coach AnnMarie Gilbert, who has 287 career head coaching wins and joins Detroit Mercy after a highly-successful run at Division II Virginia Union, where she went 135-18, winning three conference tournament championships and reaching the NCAA Tournament in all five seasons.

The Titans open the 2020-21 season next week on Wednesday, Nov. 25, hosting Xavier in a 2 p.m. ET Jesuit showdown in Detroit on the opening night of college basketball. The game is set to be streamed live on ESPN3 or ESPN-Plus from inside Calihan Hall.