Divine Ugochukwu on Transferring to Michigan State
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HOLT, Mich. -- Michigan State coach Tom Izzo addressed several needs through the transfer portal this offseason. One of those was a backup point guard.
The Spartans found one with Divine Ugochukwu, a sophomore guard from Miami (FL), who averaged 5.3 points per game in 20.2 minutes of action with the Hurricanes. He started in 16 of 28 games.
Ugochukwu broke down what that portal process was like and more when he spoke to reporters at the Moneyball Pro-Am at Holt High School on Thursday.
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Michigan State transfer sixth-year senior guard Trey Fort addressed the media on Tuesday. Below is a partial transcript:
On transferring to a new program ...
Ugochukwu: "It's going good so far. Just talking about older players that have been here like Jaxon (Kohler), Coop (Carson Cooper) and Jeremy Fears just leading the way and showing us around and just getting us real situated, so it's been fun so far."
On if the history of point guards at Michigan State excited him ...
Ugochukwu: "Yeah, for sure. Yeah, definitely. Just the point guard history here and just the winning culture and just the competitiveness, I loved it, for sure.
On portal experience ...
Ugochukwu: "So, I hit the portal because our coach from Miami retired. So, I ended up in the portal; I was getting contacted by other schools early in the process, and then, a couple -- I would say two to three weeks later, Michigan State contacted me, and then, we just built a connection, and then, it just happened from there."
On his visit to Michigan State ...
Ugochukwu: "My family came down, and it was like a two-day visit. They toured us around East Lansing, a basketball gym, worked out. It was just real fun."
On if he watched Michigan State in the tournament ...
Ugochukwu: "Oh yeah, for sure. Yeah, I definitely watched them. Especially when they started recruiting me, I started watching them a lot more. So, it was good."
On Fears ...
Ugochukwu: "Yeah, me and Jeremy -- he's a really cool guy, a real fun guy, a real high-energy, high guy, so we really compete at practice, and it's good."
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