By: Brandon Walker
The West Virginia basketball program landed another player from the transfer portal on Sunday afternoon. His agency, TAA Sports, announced Morris Ugusuk’s commitment to WVU on social media.
Ugusuk is a 6-foot-4 sophomore who played 62 games and started six games for the Gamecocks.
The Finland native averaged 5.9 points and 1.4 rebounds in 22 minutes per game. He shot 40.7 percent from behind the three-point line and made four three-pointers in four games last season. Those games were against Indiana, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Virginia.
Ugusuk was a three-star transfer prospect who has two years of eligibility remaining. He scored a career-high 20 points against Vanderbilt. He also had an 18-point game against Indiana and a 15-point effort against Oklahoma.
West Virginia needs a player with Ugusuk’s skill set: three-point shooting and length at the guard position. Ugusuk is the eighth player that head coach Ross Hodge landed this offseason led by Top 100 guard Treysen Eastlestaff.
To see a video breaking down Ugusuk’s game and talking about his potential role for WVU basketball, see this recent episode of Hoops from the Hills on YouTube.
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Photo Credit: WVU Athletics
