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Tennessee Basketball shows interest in Kentucky transfer guard Travis Perry

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Feb 22, 2025; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Kentucky Wildcats guard Travis Perry (11) drives the ball against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the first half at Coleman Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Will McLelland-Imagn Images

Tennessee Basketball is one of a handful of programs that have shown interest in Kentucky transfer guard Travis Perry, according to On3’s Joe Tipton. Perry entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on Tuesday. 

Ole Miss He averaged 2.7 points in 9.7 minutes per game at Kentucky last season, appearing in 31 games and shooting 31.3% from the floor and 32.1% from the 3-point line.

Ole Miss, Arkansas, Maryland, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Iowa, Georgia, Missouri, LSU, Western Kentucky and South Carolina have also shown interest, according to Tipton.

Perry was a four-star prospect in the 2024 class, ranked No. 81 overall, No. 13 at point guard and No. 1 overall in the state of Kentucky. 

Tennessee still has multiple spots to fill on 2025-26 roster

Tennessee is scheduled to have a Zoom call with four-star guard Darius Adams, who recently got out of his letter of intent with UConn and reopened his recruitment.

The 6-foot-4, 170-pound Adams is ranked No. 18 overall in the On3 Industry Ranking. He’s the No. 7 shooting guard in the class and the No. 2 overall player in the state of Indiana.

Alabama and Michigan State are believed to also be involved in the recruitment of Adams, who was heavily involved with the Vols during his initial recruitment. He committed to UConn in September, picking the Huskies over Tennessee and Michigan State, among others. 

He picked UConn over Tennessee and Michigan State when he committed to the Huskies in Sentiment.

Tennessee still has three roster spots to fill to get to the full allotment of 13 scholarship players. 

On Sunday Rick Barnes got a commitment from five-star small forward Nate Ament, the No. 3 overall player in the class in the On3 ratings. He signed with the Vols on Monday. Other prep signees in Tennessee’s 2025 class include four-star guard Amari Evans, four-star center Dewayne Brown and three-star point guard Troy Henderson.

The Vols have also signed two players out of the NCAA Transfer Portal so far in Maryland point guard Ja’Kobi Gillepsie and Vanderbilt power forward Jaylen Carey. 

Evans, the 6-foot-5, 204-pound prospect out of Pittsburgh, is ranked No. 68 nationally, No. 20 at shooting guard and No. 7 in the state of Georgia, where he played in the Overtime Elite League in Atlanta. 

The 6-foot-9, 235-pound Brown, out of Hoover, Ala., is ranked No. 100 overall. He’s the No. 10 center in the class and the No. 1 prospect in the state of Alabama. 

Henderson, who committed to Tennessee in March and signed last week, is ranked No. 248 overall. He’s the No. 34 point guard in the class and the No. 13 player in the state of Virginia. 

Ja’Kobi Gillespie ranked No. 10 overall in NCAA Transfer Portal

Gillespie is ranked as the No. 10 prospect in the NCAA Transfer Portal, according to On3, and Carey is ranked No. 59. 

Gillespie started all 36 games at Maryland this season, averaging 14.7 points and 4.8 assists in 31.6 minutes per game while shooting 45.3% from the floor and 40.7% from the 3-point line, where he made 87 of 214 attempts. 

He’s a Greeneville, Tenn. native, who started his college basketball career at Belmont, averaging 17.2 points, 4.2 assists and 2.2 steals in 31.4 minutes per game as a sophomore at Belmont in 2023-24.

Carey, the 6-foot-8, 245-pound sophomore, averaged 8.0 points and 5.7 rebounds in 20.2 minutes per game at Vanderbilt this season. 

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