Former Ohio State basketball player Meechie Johnson Jr. transfers to South Carolina

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Meechie Johnson Jr. entered the switch portal after two seasons as an Ohio State basketball participant and now he’s headed to South Carolina.

The Cleveland native averaged 3.2 factors and 1.1 rebounds on 31.9 p.c taking pictures whereas showing in 43 video games as a Buckeye. He joins a Gamecocks program coming into Yr 1 underneath Lamont Paris after spending the final 10 years with Frank Martin as the pinnacle coach.

Paris takes over this system after 5 years at Chattanooga going 87–72 and 43–45 within the Southern Convention. That features going 27–8 (14-4 Southern Convention)on the best way to a convention championship and the Mocs’ first NCAA Event bid since 2015-16.

Johnson is one in all doubtlessly eight gamers departing from OSU’s 2021-22 roster with others being do to both commencement, switch or declaring for the NBA Draft. The one one who might doubtlessly return is Malaki Branham as he goes by means of the draft course of.

Eugene Brown III and Justice Sueing are the one returning backcourt members subsequent season. They’re joined by Wright State switch Tanner Holden and West Virginia switch Sean McNeil together with incoming freshmen Bruce Thornton, Roddy Gayle Jr. and Bowen Hardman.

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