South Carolina reaches out to more transfer portal guard targets
South Carolina basketball coach Lamont Paris has five spots to fill on his roster, and the Gamecocks have been investigating the transfer portal as they look for the players that will fill those spots. This weekend, a pair of guards’ names have surfaced as potential transfer targets for USC.
Former Albany Great Danes guard Amar’e Marshall told The Portal Report that the Gamecocks have reached out to him. Then, Jon Rothstein reported that former Vanderbilt guard MJ Collins heard from Carolina, as well.
Marshall is a rising senior who has a nice combination of size and shooting ability. His best shooting days were earlier in his career at Hofstra, but at 35.2% this season, he’s still capable from outside. Marshall is a tough defender and a solid rebounder for a guard.
Collins is a South Carolina native and a big-time athlete. While he doesn’t provide much on his own offensively, he can contribute on that end by running the floor in transition and making crisp off-ball cuts to the basket. For a guard, he’s big, strong, and hard-nosed.
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At this stage, it is unclear how involved Carolina will be with Marshall or Collins. Marshall hasn’t drawn much other power conference interest so far. Fellow SEC programs Mississippi State and Missouri also have contacted Collins.
Following the recent NBA Draft declaration of Collin Murray-Boyles and the decommitment of transfer portal pledge Treysen Eaglestaff, USC needs to bring in multiple impact players. So far, the team’s four-man transfer class includes guards Meechie Johnson and Kobe Knox and post players Christ Essandoko and Elijah Strong.
