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Breaking: LSU adds elite shooter PJ Carter from transfer portal

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Memphis' PJ Carter (7) reacts after he made a 3-pointer as fans cheer behind him during the game between Temple University and the University of Memphis at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn., on Sunday, February 9, 2025.

LSU is back with another portal addition, this time as Memphis transfer PJ Carter commits to the Tigers. Carter. The addition gives LSU now 12 players on its roster for the 2025-26 season, joining Pablo Tamba as the second transfer pick up this week.

The 6-foot-4 Atlanta, Georgia native had a winding road to get to this point, starting at Campbell University where he was in a reserve role. He then dropped down to Junior College at Georgia Highlands College before playing at UTSA in 2023-24 averaging 9.5 points per game. Last year, he played at Memphis under Penny Hardaway on a top-25 team, averaging 5.4 points per game in 14.4 minutes.

Throughout his career, Carter has had one translatable skill at every stop: His shooting. Carter is a career 39.2 percent 3-point shooter at the Division ! level and also shot 43 percent from 3-point range in his one year at Junior College on 200 attempts. When you add all five years up, he’s at 40.9 percent on 455 attempts from deep — an absolutely elite shooting percentage.

Carter is another experienced piece coming to Baton Rouge, now in year six of college basketball. He joins fellow veteran transfers Pablo Tamba, Rashad King, and Max Mackinnon who are all at least entering their fourth seasons. Mike Nwoko and DJ Thomas are a pair of juniors who will come in with starting experience as well, setting up the roster to be significantly older and more talented in the coming season.

Carter adds a key skillset to the Tigers’ roster and LSU now has a bonafide shooter alongside the talented playmakers on the team.

Here’s an excerpt from Jason Munz’ story on Carter this year

“I’m not going to lie, I’ve been through too much in my career and life to just get down on myself,” said Carter, who has one more season of eligibility, thanks to the waiver the NCAA recently granted former junior college players in the wake of Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia’s lawsuit.

“I never doubt myself, because I told myself I would never feel like that again.”

He told Hardaway the same thing when they met.

“He said to me, these words, ‘Coach, I’m so appreciative of this moment. I’ve never had anything this good. Don’t ever think I don’t appreciate it. You’ll never see that again,’ ” Hardaway said. “(When he said that) he still wasn’t getting a lot of minutes at that moment. Now, you could arguably say (he has been) MVP or co-MVP of these last few games.”

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