Once again, Dontrez Styles has been portaled. On Monday morning, On3's Joe Tipton, a 6-foot-6 man who spent two seasons at Chapel Hill as a rarely used UNC basketball reserve under Hubert Davis, before taking his talents to Georgetown last year. It was reported that the Inch winger will enter the transfer portal. This is the second time in his college career.
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Stiles, a former four-star recruit from Kinston, North Carolina, started all 32 games for the Hoyas in 2023-24, averaging 12.8 points and 5.8 rebounds in 33.5 minutes per game. Those stats came as a huge jump as he played in 45 combined games as a freshman and sophomore with the Tar Heels, scoring 1.8 points and 1.3 boards in just 5.9 minutes per game.
However, Georgetown finished 9-23 overall in coach Ed Cooley's first season.
Interestingly, shortly after Stiles entered the portal, On3's Jamie Shaw entered a prediction that the 21-year-old Stiles would choose North Carolina State as his third and final college destination. did.
And there's reason to believe it makes sense for both parties. After all, Wolfpack head coach Kevin Keatts and his staff had just completed their first Final Four trip since 1983, but lost most of their starting lineup due to eligibility expirations. Additionally, North Carolina State University is close to home, and Stiles visited the school last spring before ultimately deciding on Georgetown as his next destination.
Of course, if Shaw makes the right choice, a return to Tobacco Road means Stiles will face the Tar Heels at least twice as part of the rivalry's 20-game ACC regular season.
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