OSU Hoops Recruiting Update: Pokes Still in on Multiple Transfers
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State basketball lost its fifth player to the transfer portal in Tyreek Smith on Wednesday, which means Mike Boynton and Co. now have four spots to fill for the upcoming season.
Smith joined fellow grad transfers Avery Anderson III and Kalib Boone, as well as Moussa Cisse and Woody Newton.
Before we dive into the new players the coaching staff is after, Pokes Report learned that East Carolina transfer Javon Small had some sort of dental emergency over the weekend and was unable to make his visit to Stillwater. We’re told, however, that Small will still make his visit at a later time.
Noah Thomasson: Niagara senior guard
Thomasson checks in at 6-3, 195 pounds and is originally out of Houston, TX, and played at Butler Community College before Niagara.
Thomasson was a lot more comfortable in his role in year two at Niagara as he led the Purple Eagles in just about every category. He started 31 of 31 games and averaged 19.5 points per game on 48% shooting from the floor and 37% from 3-point range. He also brought down nearly four rebounds per game and dished out 108 assists. He did, however, turn the ball over 78 times, which would’ve been second on this year’s team behind Bryce Thompson’s 93 turnovers.
In his first season, Thomasson started 29 of 20 games and averaged 11 points per game on 45% shooting from the floor and 36% from 3-point range. He also averaged three rebounds per game and dished out 103 assists to 63 turnovers.
Simas Lukosius: Butler sophomore wing
Lukosius checks in at 6-7, 225 pounds and is out of Kaunas, Lithuania. According to a report from Chad Brendel of the Bearcat Journal, Lukosius has already completed a visit to Oklahoma State, as well as BYU and will be on his final visit to Cincinnati this week. He was one of two players to start all 32 games for Butler this past season. Lukosius averaged 11.6 points per game on nearly 43% shooting from the field, 34% from 3-point range. He brought down 4.0 rebounds per game and recorded 32 steals. He was second on the team in both minutes per game (33.4) and scoring, while he led the team in assists with 92.
All those numbers are up from his freshman season in which he averaged nearly seven points per game on 37% shooting from the floor, just 28% from 3-point range, 3.3 rebounds per game and 39 assists on the season.