Brother of South Carolina commitment enters transfer portal
Center Federiko Federiko, the brother of incoming South Carolina basketball freshman Okku Federiko, has entered the transfer portal per a report from Jamie Shaw of On3.
The 6-foot-11 post player just completed his second season at Pittsburgh, that following a one-year stint at Northern Oklahoma.
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For the 2023-2024 campaign, the junior played in a total of 33 games for the Panthers, starting 26 contests. He averaged 4.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, shooting nearly 64 percent from the field. He also tallied 43 blocks for the year.
During his first season at Pitt, Federiko scored 6.6 points per game while grabbing 5.3 rebounds and blocking 1.66 shots per game. He also shot a team best .667 from the field.
Federiko is a native of Helsinki, Finland who played his final year of high school basketball at First Love Christian Academy in Pennsylvania.
His brother, Okku Federiko, is a member of South Carolina’s 2024 recruiting class. The Omnia Basketball Academy (New Jersey) product is ranked by On3 as the nation’s 15th-best power forward nationally and the number 89 overall prospect in the country.
It is expected that Lamont Paris and his staff will be active in the transfer portal this offseason following a stellar second year in Columbia that resulted in an NCAA Tournament berth.
While there is no confirmed report yet that South Carolina will pursue Federiko, the connection and skill set would make sense as a possible portal addition for the Gamecocks.
Paris did outstanding work in the transfer portal last offseason, adding Ta’Lon Cooper, BJ Mack, Myles Stute, and Stephen Clark to a roster that would go on to achieve a 26-8 record this season.
