USC transfer Vince Iwuchukwu commits to St. John's

Former USC center Vince Iwuchukwu has made his decision after entering the NCAA transfer portal, committing to to St. John’s on Tuesday according to a post from his Instagram account.

Iwuchukwu joins forces with head coach Rick Pitino and the Red Storm after spending two seasons with the Trojans. Parting ways with the program following the departure of head coach Andy Enfield who recently became SMU’s new head coach after 11 seasons with USC.

The former highly touted high school prospect appeared in 45 games during his college career with 16 starts. Averaging 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in his 15.1 minutes per game.

Iwuchukwu suffered from a sudden cardiac arrest during a workout in his first summer with the Trojans, leading to him missing the first 16 games of his freshman season with the Trojans before making his collegiate debut against Colorado on January 12, 2023. Eventually scoring a career-high 19 points against Oregon State a month later but would miss the final three games of the season after undergoing a lumbar discectomy.

Last season, Iwuchukwu started in 11 of his 31 game appearances where he averaged 5.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, scoring in double figures five times. Ending his USC career with 245 total points and 33 blocks as he begins his next chapter on the east coast.

Iwuchukwu played high school basketball at Southern California Academy but is from San Antonio (TX) where he was four-star prospect ranked as the No. 30 overall player in the country and the No. 4 center for the 2022 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

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