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Georgia hoops adds BYU transfer forward Kanon Catchings

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Mike White has reached into the transfer portal for a second time since the 2024-2025 season ended. This time he’s beefing up the Georgia front court with BYU forward Kanon Catchings.

As a freshman last season, Catchings averaged 7.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. He shot 35 percent from three-point territory while attempting 123 shots from down town on the year. He also made just 59 percent of his free throw opportunities. The 6-foot-9 sophomore is originally from Brownsburg, Ind.

BYU made an NCAA Tournament run to the Sweet 16 but Catchings, due to injury, wasn’t a big part of that. He didn’t play at all in the Big12 tournament due to a knee injury. He only saw nine minutes of action in the NCAA tournament.

Catchings got off to a fast start in his freshman season, reaching double digits in scoring in six of his first 12 games. He was also quite consistent, tallying at least eight points in each of those contests. His minutes were spotty toward the end of the regular season but he excited the West Virginia game on March 1 with a knee injury that stole most of his post-season.

As a prospect in the 2024 class. Catchings was the nation’s No. 103 overall player per the On3 Industry rnaking, a weighted average that includes all four website that publish rankings. He was the No. 16 small forward and carried a four-star rating.

While Georgia has lost four players to the portal and Asa Newell to the 2025 NBA Draft, the Bulldogs have now made a pair of impressive portal additions. The first was ACC sixth man of the year and Cal standout Jeremiah Wilkinson. He, too, is a rising sophomore. He averaged 15.1 points per game in his first season of college ball while logging a little over 27 minutes per game.

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