Report: Pitt Contacts Central Michigan Transfer Jesse Zarzuela
PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers missed out on one of their biggest priority targets coming out of the transfer portal in sharp-shooting, high-scoring former Niagra guard Noah Thomasson. So it's been back to the drawing board for head coach Jeff Capel and his staff.
They've proceeded to search for other elite scoring guards, such as Central Michigan's Jesse Zarzuela, who was contacted by the Panthers, plus Arizona, Oregon and Oklahoma State, per a report from George Michalowski of the Portal Report and Pittsburgh Sports Now.
Zarzuela has been an elite scorer at every stop of his college career. After redshirting his freshman season at UTEP, Zarzuela played at two junior colleges - Navarro College in Texas and Missouri State-West Plains. Upon transferring back to the Division I level, he averaged 14.7 points, 3.3 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game for Coppin State during the 2021-22 season. Last year at Central Michigan, he scored 16.3 points per night while cutting down on his turnovers slightly and drastically improving his 3-point shooting - 29.7% to 35.6% on just 0.4 attempts fewer per game.
The 6'3, 170-pound Houston, Texas native, Zarzuela has one season of eligibility available after he graduates from CMU this spring.
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