Oklahoma Lands Power Forward via Transfer Portal
Sam Godwin
Wofford Athletics
Oklahoma coach Porter Moser apparently is already bringing in talent for next year from the transfer portal — and he’s keeping it local.
Moser, who had to build a roster almost from scratch in his first season, has begun replenishing for 2022-23 with Wofford forward Sam Godwin.
Godwin, who originally hails from Ada and Moore — he played in high school at Southmoore — is a 6-foot-9, 230-pound forward.
He entered the transfer portal on March 23 and on Saturday announced his new destination via Instagram.
In his freshman season at Wofford, he played in 22 games with five starts, averaged 6.2 points and 3.7 rebounds in 16.6 minutes per game, and was named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team. He had eight double-figure scoring games, including a career-high 15 points against Carver.
For the season, he shot .621 from the field, was 1-of-2 from 3-point range and hit 68.6 percent from the free throw line.
At Class 6A Southmoore, Godwin was named Southmoore Male Athlete of the Year, was a coaches first-team All-State and Academic All-State as he averaged 16 points, 12 rebounds and 3.2 blocked shots per game while leading the SaberCats to the 6A State Semifinals, where he was named to the All-Tournament team.
Moser has said he likes having players on the roster who grew up in Oklahoma, and said players like Ethan Chargois (Tulsa) and Marvin Johnson (Ardmore), who transferred to OU last year, were personally invested because they were raised around OU basketball.
