Sunday, May 29, 2023
Transfer Portal
We have a slew of PGs on the roster with five headed by returning starter senior Brendan Moody and backup senior Germaine Fields to go with a pair of juniors in Kenny Fox and Tevis Scott. And the most recent PG recruit Justin Clark to the fray; we don't need to add a point guard.
We only have one shooting guard in freshman Rod Tarver so this should be a place to find a veteran in the transfer portal.
Walk-on Joe King is the only small forward on the team so this is another area of need.
Returning PF junior Clifton Tahid is returning with one of our top recruits Perry Bryant. James Mills our other three-star recruit for Wyoming is the lone center on the roster, so this is another area of need for us.
We were able to snag three athletes to fill four spots that were vacated by our athletes leaving via the transfer portal.
The first transfer the Pokes picked up is Joe Riggs, a 6-8 small forward from Victor, New York who played at Syracuse as a freshman. He comes to Laramie with three years of eligibility left. He averaged just under eight minutes of action in 30 games as a freshman scored 1.3 points and had 1.3 rebounds a game.
The second transfer is also a small forward in 6-7 sophomore Dexter Gray who played at George Mason a year ago. With three years of eligibility remaining, Gray only appeared in seven games a season ago and averaged 1.6 points and less than a rebound in those games.
The final transfer is a center, Marcus Morris from St. Louis, Missouri. He played at Missouri State last season. His promising freshmen campaign was cut short due to a broken leg. Before the injury, Marcus appeared started 20 games and averaged 10.7 points and 6 rebounds a game.
We struggled to find a shooting guard to fill the fourth scholarship. There wasn't a quality shooting guard in the portal after the first round. We offered a scholarship to the best shooting guard in the portal but he declined and transferred from Texas to North Carolina.