South Carolina transfer guard Morris Ugusuk commits to West Virginia

Former South Carolina guard Morris Ugusuk committed to West Virginia out of the transfer portal, On3 has learned. He has two years of eligibility remaining.

The 6-foot-4, 170-pound Ugusuk averaged 4.1 points on 37-percent shooting — including 37.3-percent from 3-point range — and has been a 77.1-percent free throw shooter in 62 games over two seasons with the Gamecocks. Ugusuk started in six of the 32 games he participated in last season, averaging 5.9 points, 1.4 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.4 steals during the 2024-25 season.

Ugusuk reclassified and signed with South Carolina in 2023 as a three-star prospect out of the Drive Basketball Academy in Helsinki, Finland, coming to Columbia alongside prep teammate Okku Federiko. As a senior, Ugusuk averaged 17.2 points, 5.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game at the Drive Basketball Academy. Ugusuk also represented Finland at the 2022 FIBA under-18 European Championship.

Ugusuk was the seventh South Carolina player to enter the Transfer Portal. That was last month when he entered on April 9th.

Ugusuk originally planned to redshirt as a true freshman but eneded up seeing action in 30 games in 2023-24.

“I think his plan, to be quite honest with you, coming here was to redshirt. He was slight in his build,” South Carolina head coach Lamont Paris told GamecockCentral in October 2023. “But he’s so advanced as a basketball player that I think we’re going to have to have a real conversation when it comes time to start playing games.”

Ugusuk’s biggest hurdle to consistent minutes was his weight, which wasn’t where it needed to be to withstand playing consistent minutes during a 30-plus game schedule. Now, he’ll switch his focus to the Mountaineers for the 2025-26 season.