Indiana in Contact With Northern Kentucky Transfer Marques Warrick

Marques Warrick has received interest from Indiana and plenty of other schools after averaging 19.9 points per game as a senior at Northern Kentucky.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Northern Kentucky guard Marques Warrick is another player in the transfer portal receiving interest from Indiana.

Warrick, a 6-foot-2 guard with one year of eligibility, has reportedly heard from Arkansas, Missouri, Cincinnati, Xavier, Indiana, NC State, South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Arizona State and College of Charleston, according to The Portal Report.

Warrick was a go-to scorer all four years at Northern Kentucky, averaging 15-plus points from his freshman through senior year. He was named Horizon League Rookie of the Year in 2020-21 and received All-Horizon League honors four times.

As a senior in 2023-24, Warrick had his most productive season and was named to the All-Horizon League first team. He averaged a career-high 19.9 points, along with 2.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Warrick ranked 36th nationally in points per game, leading Northern Kentucky to an 18-15 record and fifth-place conference finish.

Warrick is a career 34.7% 3-point shooter, a stat that has had some variance across 815 career attempts. He shot 38.2% from 3-point range as a junior in 2022-23, but that number dropped to 29.8% as a senior. As a freshman and sophomore, Warrick shot 36.1% and 35.3%, respectively. He attempted 5.9 3-pointers per game each season.

Warrick was named Horizon League Tournament MVP in 2023, when he scored 18-plus points in a three-game strech as Northern Kentucky earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed. Northern Kentucky played at Indiana during the 2021-22 season, a 79-61 loss with seven points from Warrick.

Indiana currently has seven open scholarships heading into the 2024-25 season, the fourth under coach Mike Woodson. Kel'el Ware declared for the draft on Tuesday, and Xavier Johnson and Anthony Walker are out of eligibility. CJ Gunn, Kaleb Banks and Payton Sparks have each entered the transfer portal, with Sparks heading back to Ball State, where he began his career.

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