Blakeney Returns to Gamecocks, Boosting Roster

0:00On April 19th, Shane Blakeney is heading back home to South Carolina to wrap up his college hoops career with the Gamecocks. The Rock Hill native and Drexel Gar just committed to Coach Lamont Paris after entering the transfer portal. He's the fourth edition for USC, with one year of eligibility left and visited Columbia this weekend. Blakeney had his breakout year at Drexel, dropping 14.2 points, grabbing 5.1 rebounds and finishing 2.5 assists per. Game while shooting 42.4% from the field, the 6-foot-5-wing earned CAA second team honors and made the all defensive squad, too. Meanwhile, he's joining Cory Menci from George Mason, Camden Hyde from Texas and Alexis Biliascas from Wisconsin to bolster the roster. Gamecocks fans are buzzing about the talent influx, especially after a rough 13-19 season that ended early in the SEC tournament. The team took big hits, losing 7 players to the portal and 5 to graduation, leaving just

1:03Hayden Asemian, Grant Polk, and Eli Sparkman returning. Plus one high school sign-e in 4-star Marcus Johnson. Pairs and crew still got work to do filling out the spots. With these transfers locking in, South Carolina's building momentum for a rebound next year, keep an eye on Blakeney, lighting up the core back in the Palmetto state.