Florida guard Kowacie Reeves enters the NCAA transfer portal

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Florida will lose one of its talented backcourt players, as Kowacie Reeves has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to On3’s Jamie Shaw.

Reeves was a 6-foot-6 sophomore guard for the Gators who struggled to find consistency during his two years at Florida. He averaged 8.5 points and 2.6 rebounds per game this season as the Gators struggled to find wins down the stretch.

The talented guard put together some serious highlight-reel plays from time to time, like this vicious baseline dunk against Vanderbilt.

Reeves had his biggest scoring night of the season when he notched 20 points in a win over Ohio back on Dec. 14. He scored in double-figures 13 times this season for Florida.

The Gators ended their 2022-23 season on Wednesday night when they fell to UCF 67-49 in the first round of the NIT. Reeves scored just two points in 15 minutes of action.

Florida looked to be in good shape to potentially make the NCAA Tournament with about a month to go in the season before a broken hand sidelined leading scorer and rebounder Colin Castleton.

Without Castleton Florida struggled to find a new, more guard-centric identity, though coach Todd Golden and the Gators certainly tried. Florida won just three of its final 10 games and finished the season with a losing record at 16-17.

Reeves just couldn’t seem to find a rhythm down the stretch.

But Kowacie Reeves will certainly draw some suitors in the transfer portal, courtesy of his excellent athleticism off the bounce and his length. Reeves’ shooting numbers dipped after a promising start as a freshman.

In 2021-22, Reeves knocked down 3-pointers at a 33.3% clip but saw that mark fall to 26.2% as a sophomore in 2022-23.

A former top-50 recruit nationally, Reeves was a four-star prospect out of Macon, Ga., in the 2021 recruiting class. He was named as the No. 42 overall player in the On3 Industry recruiting rankings in 2021, as well as the No. 10 shooting guard in the class and the No. 4 player in the state of Georgia.