Ex-Texas forward Tre Mitchell transfers to West Virginia

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Former Texas ahead Tre Mitchell has transferred to Massive 12 foe West Virginia.

Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins introduced Mitchell’s signing Friday.

The 6-foot-9 Mitchell averaged 8.7 factors and 4 rebounds per sport final season and began 17 video games for the Longhorns. He made almost 48% of his field-goal makes an attempt and 80% of his free throws.

In February, Mitchell took what Texas referred to as a private go away of absence and didn’t play once more. He entered the switch portal in April.

Mitchell is a Pittsburgh native who spent his first two seasons at UMass.

“Tre offers us a much-needed presence inside who we are able to throw the ball to,” Huggins stated in a press release. “He’s a big-time Energy 5 starter who’s extraordinarily skilled. Tre can rating and rebound the basketball, and we’re excited to get him right here.”

Mitchell can have two seasons of eligibility remaining.

He joins many different new faces in a busy offseason for the Mountaineers after a number of gamers from the 2021-22 roster transferred. The incoming transfers embody former South Carolina guard Erik Stevenson, ex-Iowa guard Joe Toussaint, junior school forwards Mohamed Wague and Jimmy Bell Jr., and Emmitt Matthews, who performed his first three seasons at West Virginia and performed final season at Washington.