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Jose Perez + Two Newcomers Will 'Wait and See' Before Making Transfer Decision

West Virginia players are awaiting a decision on the head coach.
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Jose Perez + Two Newcomers Will 'Wait and See' Before Making Transfer Decision
Jose Perez + Two Newcomers Will 'Wait and See' Before Making Transfer Decision

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Tre Mitchell, Kerr Kriisa, and Joe Toussaint have either entered the transfer portal or are in the process of doing so. All three players are leaving open the option to return to West Virginia depending on who is awarded the head coaching job.

According to Jake Weingarten of Stockrisers, Jose Perez (Manhattan transfer), Jesse Edwards (Syracuse transfer), and RaeQuan Battle (Montana State transfer) will "wait and see" on who the new head coach will be before making any type of transfer decision.

Battle spent the first two years of his career at Washington, where he averaged 4.8 points per game in a rather limited role. Following the 2020-21 campaign he transferred to Montana State. Over the past two seasons, Battle has become a big part of their success averaging 13.1 points per contest. This season alone, he went for 17.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.5 blocks a game while shooting 47% from the field and 35% from three.

Edwards averaged 14.5 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game last season as a senior, including scoring a career-high 27 points in the season finale versus Wake Forest, nabbed a career-best 21 rebounds against Bryant in November and twice swatted a season-high six blocks (Pitt, Richmond), a notch below his career-high set as a junior.

Perez averaged 18.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 4.5 assists, earning First Team All-MAAC honors a season ago with Manhattan. He transferred to WVU after the start of the 2022-23 season and was forced to sit out due to NCAA transfer rules.

Perez, Battle, and Edwards all have one year of eligibility remaining.

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Schuyler Callihan is the publisher of West Virginia On SI and has been a trusted source covering the Mountaineers since 2016. He is the host of Between The Eers, The Walk Thru Game Day Show, and In the Gun Podcast. The Wheeling, WV native moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2020 to cover the Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Panthers.

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