Player Profile: Talking with floor general Donovan Sims

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.- Basketball season is inching closer by the day as Middle Tennessee prepares for opening night. Whether it's a returning player or a newcomer, every player on head coach Nick McDevitt's roster brings his own skillset that allows him to contribute toward a common cause. GoBlueRaiders.com caught up with one of the longer-tenured players in Donovan Sims.

As one of the veterans of the team this year, Sims is a 6-foot-1 guard who is also a hometown product entering his fifth season with the Blue Raiders. He enters the season 10th in program history with 113 career steals and needs 254 points to become the 34th member of Middle Tennessee's 1,000-point club. An average of 8.2…