Kentucky Pursues Montgomery from Transfer Portal

0:00On April 23rd, Kentucky's dipping back into the transfer portal, chasing 6 foot 4 guard to Shane Montgomery from Dayton. The Wildcats under Mart Pope are showing serious interest with assistant coach Cody Fuego already reaching out. Montgomery just wrapped a breakout junior year, dropping 13.4 points, grabbing 4 rebounds and dishing 2.1 assists per game. He started all 36 contests, shooting a crisp 49% from the field, and 33.5% from 3 on over 4. Attempts a night. He's not just an offensive spark dude, locked down as one of the Atlantic 10's top defenders, snagging 77 steals at 2.1 per game. To earn 13 all conference nods, that grid could fit right into Kentucky's defensive schemes. Kentucky isn't alone here. Louisville, Ole Miss, and South Carolina are circling too. Montgomery's bounced around before, from Mount St. Mary's to Georgia, where he even dropped 9 points against the cats in 22 minutes as a sophomore.

1:03With his scoring punch and steel machine vibes, Montgomery looks like a smart puzzle piece for Pope's roster rebuild as the portal heats up.