Kentucky lands West Virginia transfer Oscar Tshiebwe
By ADAM ZAGORIA
Kentucky has landed a pledge from transferring West Virginia forward Oscar Tshiebwe.
He chose the Wildcats over Miami, N.C. State and Illinois and is expected to train with Kentucky this semester before suiting up for the 2021-22 season.
“I just love Kentucky and I just feel like it’s the perfect place for me,” he told 247Sports.com. “I think I am going to get better. I like the way they play and everything.”
A 6-foot-9, 260-pound power forward from Lubumbashi, Congo, he was averaging 8.5 points and 7.8 rebounds before leaving the West Virginia program on Jan. 2 for “personal reasons.”
During the 2019-20 season, Tshiebwe averaged 11.2 points and 9.3 rebounds as a freshman and was named to the Second Team All-Big 12 and the All-Newcomer Team.
Tshiebwe, a former five-star recruit and McDonald’s All American, chose to commit to West Virginia in October of 2018 over Baylor, Kentucky and Illinois.
He visited Kentucky in September 2018.
Kentucky also has the No. 4-ranked recruiting class in 2021 per 247Sports.com consisting of point guard Nolan Hickman and power forwards Bryce Hopkins and Daimion Collins.
“Just to bring what I can do and I can learn from them,” he told 247 of what he will bring to Kentucky “I’m a hard worker and I can get better and I know the coaches are going to help me get better.”
Kentucky will lose big man Olivier Sarr and point guard Davion Mintz to graduation, and is expected to lose freshmen B.J. Boston and Terrence Clarke to the NBA Draft.
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