Basketball Roster Update: Juric Staying; Blackwood and Rice Going; A Pair of Euros Incoming
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The last day has featured some significant news for Penn State’s basketball team as Mike Rhoades tries to assemble his roster for next season. Croatian 7-footer Ivan Jurić, who was hands-down PSU’s top post player, is reportedly staying with the Nittany Lions, and will be joined by a couple of incoming European recruits in fellow Croatian Roko Prkačin and François Wibaut from France.
Juric averaged over ten points and five rebounds in his freshman year, so getting him back was very welcome news. Prkačin and Wibaut both bring some height at 6’9” and 6’7” respectively, as well as the maturity factor (Prkačin is 23, Wibaut 21) but time will tell on how key of contributors they can be at a power conference American college basketball program.
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Meanwhile, two more Nittany Lions are headed into the transfer portal: Eli Rice, who averaged nearly seven points and shot 38.5 percent from three-point range will seek his third different program after spending his first two years at Nebraska and the past two years at PSU, while freshman Mason Blackwood, who was a promising recruit out of high school but saw limited playing time this past season, will also seek a change in scenery for next season. They both join Melih Tunca and Freddie Dilione as guys headed out of Happy Valley.
We’re still waiting to hear either way on Kayden Mingo, Dominick Stewart, Saša Ciani, and Tibor Mirtič amongst others, but with the portal officially opening tomorrow (April 7th), you probably won’t have to wait too long to find out.