Education
Cummings drew attention from Stanford, Miami (Fl), and Boston College, but chose Temple because of their winning tradition.
Cummings drew attention from Stanford, Miami (Fl), and Boston College, but chose Temple because of their winning tradition.
He played college basketball for Temple. Cummings, a point guard from Jacksonville, Florida, committed to play for Temple on September 4, 2010. He averaged 18.1 points, 8.1 assists, 4.0 steals per game as a senior at Providence School, in addition to carrying a 4.0 grade point average.
The Jacksonville Times-Union named him the high school boys basketball player of the year.
As a freshman, Cummings averaged 1.4 points and 0.8 rebounds in 6.3 minutes per game. He started versus George Washington and posted 2 points and an assistant
Cummings played in 34 games as a sophomore, starting 32, and averaged 5.8 points, 1.9 assists, and 1.4 steals per game. He posted double-figures scoring in six games, including a season-high 15 points in a victory over Rhode Island.
In his junior season, Cummings was a Second Team Philadelphia Big 5 selection.
He averaged 16.8 points, a team-leading 4.6 assists and 1.5 steals in 34.4 minutes per game. He scored 31 points in a game against UCF. As a senior, Cummings was named to the First Team All-American Athletic Conference. He missed a game against Cincinnati after suffering a strained muscle in his leg on January 10, 2015.
He led the team in scoring (148 points per game), assists (42 per game) and steals (19 per game).
With 189 free throws made, he finished tied for second in school history in made free throws in a season. Temple reached the National Institute of Technology semifinals.
After going undrafted in the 2015 National Basketball Association draft, Cummings joined the Houston Rockets for the 2015 National Basketball Association Summer League. On September 3, 2015, he signed with the Rockets, only to be waived by the team on October 23 after appearing in six preseason games.
On November 2, he was acquired by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the National Basketball Association Development League as an affiliate player of the Rockets.
On January 29, 2016, he was named in the West All-Star team for the 2016 National Basketball Association Doctorate-League All-Star Game.