Report: La Salle transfer guard Khalil Brantley commits to Oklahoma State

Former La Salle guard Khalil Brantley has committed to Oklahoma State, via the NCAA Transfer Portal, per Jon Rothstein. Brantley spent three seasons at La Salle, amassing 94 appearances and 66 starts.

In the 2023-24 season, Brantley averaged 15.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game while shooting 38.7% from the field and 32.6% from beyond the arc. Brantley scored a season-high 30 points in the Explorers’ win over Southern Indiana on Nov. 30.

Khalil Brantley played high school basketball at Our Savior Lutheran High School (NY), where he was an unranked in the 2021 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Brantley intitially entered the transfer portal on March 20. He is the seventh player Oklahoma State has added via the transfer portal this offseason. The team has also lost five players to the portal, landing at No. 60 in On3’s Transfer Portal Team Rankings.

Khalil Brantley joins a new era at Oklahoma State

Brantley won’t be the only fresh face at Oklahoma State in the 2024-25 season. After parting ways with Mike Boynton following the season, Oklahoma State named Steve Lutz the men’s basketball program’s next head coach.

Oklahoma State athletic director Chad Weiberg couldn’t be happier with the hire.

“Coach Lutz is known as one of the hardest-working coaches in the business,” Weiberg said. “He has worked at all levels of college basketball and has deep ties to this part of the country, especially Texas. The work he has put into his career has resulted in success as a head coach and why I believe he is the right person to be the leader of Cowboy basketball.”

Lutz spent last season at Western Kentucky, where he led the Hilltoppers to a 22-13 record. In one season under Lutz, WKU punched its first NCAA tournament ticket since 2013 after winning the program’s first ever CUSA tournament title.

Lutz is hopeful to bring similar to success to Oklahoma State.

“I’d like to thank Chad Weiberg and Dr. [Kayse] Shrum for entrusting me with one of college basketball’s most storied programs. It’s a responsibility that I don’t take lightly,” Lutz said when hired. “Cowboy Nation — I look forward to meeting you all soon and hitting the ground running. Know that my staff and I will work diligently to recruit and retain hardworking kids who will represent you well, on and off the court, and consistently compete for Big 12 championships.”