JUST IN: Former HBCU recruit officially joins ACC basketball team
COURTESY OF GEORGIA TECH ATHLETICS
THE FLATS – Duncan Powell, a 6-8 forward who played last season at Sacramento State, has marked an award in-help to join the Georgia Tech men’s ball program, lead trainer Damon Stoudamire reported. He will have two times of qualification with the Yellow Coats. Powell endorsed with Greensboro, NC HBCU North Carolina A&T out of secondary school.
Previously a best 100 secondary school prospect, Powell was the Hornets’ top scorer (12.1 focuses per game) and rebounder (7.0 per game) last season. His bounce back complete positioned 6th in the Enormous Sky Meeting, and he associated on 49% of his shots from the floor. He scored in twofold figures multiple times and arrived at twofold digits in bounce back multiple times, with five twofold duplicates. Among those exhibitions was the subsequent triple-twofold in the Hornets’ Division I time, 13 focuses, 15 bounce back, and 10 helps versus Bethesda.
“Duncan is versatile player who will help with our overall depth,” said Stoudamire. “We look forward to having him part of our family.”
Duncan Powell was appraised the No. 84 possibility in the country by ESPN in the class of 2021 out of DeSoto Secondary School, where he found the middle value of 21.1 places, 8.2 bounce back and 5.0 helps as a lesser prior to missing his senior year with a physical issue. He enlisted at North Carolina A&T, turning into the most noteworthy appraised prospect at any point endorsed by the HBCU. After red-shirting in the 2021-22 season, Powell played 30 games for the Aggies in 2022-23, averaging 8.0 focuses and 5.7 bounce back in 22.5 minutes per game.
Powell is the fourth transfer to commit to the Yellow Jackets this offseason.
ABOUT GEORGIA TECH MEN’S BASKETBALL
Georgia Tech’s men’s ball group is in its subsequent year under lead trainer Damon Stoudamire. Tech has been an individual from the Atlantic Coast Meeting starting around 1979, came out on top for four ACC Titles (1985, 1990, 1993, 2021), played in the NCAA Competition multiple times, and played in two Last Fours (1990, 2004).
