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Former Colgate point guard Jalen Cox committed to USC basketball on Wednesday. Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images<\/p>\nDipping once more into the transfer portal, USC men\u2019s basketball coach Eric Musselman might have scooped up a steal.<\/p>\n
Former Colgate point guard Jalen Cox, who starred last season in the Patriot League, will try to make a similar impact on a far bigger stage after committing to the Trojans on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Former Colgate point guard Jalen Cox committed to USC basketball on Wednesday. Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Cox announced his decision on Instagram, posting an image of himself in a USC jersey in front of a palm tree alongside a caption reading \u201cTHE PLACE TO BE\u201d \u2014 with the \u201cLA\u201d in supersized letters.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-3 Cox, who has one season of remaining eligibility, was an All-Patriot League first-team selection last season after averaging 17.9 points, 5.3 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 1.7 steals. His assist average led the league.<\/p>\n
Cox also made a respectable 36.5% of his 3-pointers and brings additional upside as a two-time member of the Patriot League\u2019s all-defensive team.<\/p>\n
A native of Los Angeles who attended Loyola High, Cox shouldn\u2019t need much acclimatization to a new environment with a familiar feel.<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll join fellow transfer guard K.J. Lewis<\/a> and returner Rodney Rice as part of an intriguing backcourt combination. Earlier this week, the Trojans added transfer Eric Reibe<\/a> after the 7-1 center spent his first college season at UConn.<\/p>\n USC also recently announced the return of forward Jacob Cofie. The team is waiting to learn whether guard Alijah Arenas<\/a> will return or head to the NBA after showing significant promise during his half season after being cleared from a knee injury in late January.<\/p>\n The Trojans\u2019 frontcourt appears set with Reibe and Cofie in addition to incoming freshman 7-footers Adonis and Darius Ratliff<\/a> plus freshman forward Christian Collins<\/a>. The team could use another wing player and one or two more guards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dipping once more into the transfer portal, USC men\u2019s basketball coach Eric Musselman might have scooped up a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,7641,160,66,849],"class_list":{"0":"post-716256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-big-ten","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-usc-trojans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116451237911272431","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}