Indiana men's basketball announced Wednesday afternoon that it has acquired forward Langdon Hutton, a transfer from Bellarmine University. Instagram. The 6-foot-10-inch senior has one year of eligibility left.
A native of Georgetown, Indiana, Hutton attended North Harrison High School before starting his collegiate career at William & Mary and averaged 4.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and shooting percentage in 14.8 minutes per game in 2021-22. 45.4% was recorded.
He then transferred to Bellarmine and had similar results in his second year, but last season he started all 31 games for the Knights, shooting 48% and scoring 10.5 points per game while playing 27.8 minutes per game. , increasing his numbers to 7.1 rebounds.
The team needs to improve from a talent standpoint, Indiana men's basketball head coach Mike Woodson said March 15, as he sat behind a microphone on a high podium in Minneapolis after the Hoosiers' season-ending loss to Nebraska. He said there is.
Hutton fills Indiana's need for a backup big man.He joins junior forward Malik Renaud and redshirt senior-plus center Omar Baro as the Hoosiers' only big man. Sophomore forward Mackenzie Mugabako is a perimeter-oriented player who played the No. 4 position late last season and could end up playing more time at that position next year.
Hutton becomes the fifth player to transfer to Indiana this offseason.He joins the sophomore guard Miles Rice and canaan carlylesenior forward Luke good And Baro, a transfer class.
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