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Faith Carson becomes first Ohio State women’s basketball player to hit transfer portal
One day after Ohio State was knocked out of the NCAA Tournament, the first Buckeye hit the transfer portal, with center Faith Carson announcing her departure from Ohio State via social media.
The 6-foot-4 sophomore redshirted the 2024-25 season and played just seven games during her freshman year.
“For those who supported and believed in me over the past two years, thank you,” Carson said via Instagram. “I can’t put into words how much it truly means to me. … With that being said, it is in my best interest to enter the transfer portal.”
Recruited out of Buchanan, Michigan, in November 2022, Carson was named the 2023 Prep Girls Hoops-Michigan Player of the Year following her senior season at Buchanan High School.
Ohio State already has four players graduating from the program this season. Carson’s departure puts the roster at nine players.
The Buckeyes fell to Tennessee 82-67 in the NCAA Tournament’s second round on Sunday at Value City Arena. The transfer portal officially opened on Monday.
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