COLUMBIA, SC – South Carolina is losing a couple of reserves from its men’s basketball team.
The school says guard Trae Hannibal, six feet tall and striker Jalyn McCreary 6-8, entered the NCAA transfer portal with the intention of leaving.
Hannibal is a sophomore from Hartsville, South Carolina, who has played 20 games this season, all off the bench. He averaged 6 points and 3.2 rebounds. Hannibal with the team’s most accurate 3-point pitcher, hitting seven of his 13 attempts behind the hoop this season.
McCreary is a sophomore from Marietta, Georgia, who started one of his 17 games this season. He averaged 5.1 points and 2.5 rebounds, and led the team with 18 blocks.
South Carolina could also lose its second highest scorer, junior Keyshawn Bryant, who announced last weekend that he planned to enter his name in the NBA draft. He said he would not hire an agent so he could return to school.