Kentucky basketball adds All-SoCon transfer, former Furman guard
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Kentucky got its second big boost to its backcourt for next season in a matter of days, and this one came from a program nobody in Big Blue Nation would’ve expected.
Alex Wilkins told On3’s Joe Tipton on Saturday afternoon that he was heading to the SEC and Kentucky after leaving tiny Furman and the Southern Conference. The All-Southern Conference Second Team selection joins Washington transfer point guard Zoom Diallo, who announced earlier this week that he was heading from the Pacific Northwest to Lexington.
Suddenly, in a matter of days, Kentucky has some prime transfer guard talent on the way after earlier missing out on top transfers like Rob Wright III and Jeremiah Wilkinson. Wilkins’ commitment is a much-needed win for head coach Mark Pope.
The 6-foot-5 Wilkins averaged 17.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game this past season, when he earned those postseason honors at Furman. Now comes a much bigger challenge as the Massachusetts product comes to a blue blood program in the SEC.
Wilkins will have 3 years of eligibility left when he arrives at Kentucky after his standout freshman season in the Southern Conference.
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Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
