Kentucky will host Illinois State transfer Antonio Reeves on visit

Add another visitor to the list for the Kentucky Wildcats this weekend. First, it was five-star senior Leonard Miller. Now, Illinois State transfer Antonio Reeves has scheduled a trip to Lexington.

Kentucky first made contact with the 6-foot-6 wing back in March, joining the likes of Texas Tech, Ohio State, UNC, Alabama, Wisconsin, Xavier, LSU, BYU, Memphis, Missouri, Georgetown and UConn to reach out. He then took an official visit to Nebraska in April.

Now, Kentucky will get his next visit.

Chin Coleman’s connection to Chicago is one to keep an eye on, as the UK assistant was the head coach for the Mac Irvin Fire (Nike EYBL) from 2005-11. Reeves played at Chicago’s Simeon High School as a three-star recruit before spending his first three college seasons with the Redbirds. He put his name in the transfer portal on March 21.

Reeves’ junior season was easily his best. After averaging 7.2 points per game as a freshman and then 12.4 as a sophomore, his production skyrocketed in 2021-22. Reeves led Illinois State (13-20) in scoring at 20.1 points per contest (most in the Missouri Valley Conference and top 20 in all of Divison I), along with 3.5 rebounds and 1.1 steals. He shot the ball at a wildly impressive rate, too: 46.9 percent overall, 39.0 percent from distance on 5.9 attempts per game, and 81.8 percent from the free-throw line in 2021-22.

Check out his season highlights below:

Come on down.