Cincinnati Bearcats basketball gets transfer portal commit from Kerr Kriisa from UK
Kerr Kriisa defends for Kentucky at Rupp Arena against Georgia State last November. Kriisa commited to the Cincinnati Bearcats Sunday, April 6.
Cincinnati Bearcats basketball has its first transfer portal commitment of 2025 as veteran point guard Kerr Kriisa has committed. University of Cincinnati sources confirmed the move and Kriisa posted it on his Instagram account.
"I'm pretty sure it's my last year of eligibility (for real this time). Excited to be a Bearcat!!." Kriisa posted.
The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Kriisa turned 24 in January and played just nine games for Kentucky due to injury, the last being Dec. 7 vs. Gonzaga. Kriisa averaged 4.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists for first-year Kentucky coach Mark Pope.
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Krissa spent 2023-24 with West Virginia and three seasons with the Arizona Wildcats. At West Virginia, he was part of a highly rated recruiting class by then-coach Bob Huggins.
"Kerr is an outstanding guard who our guys will love playing with," Huggins said in the spring of '23. "He shares the ball extremely well and is more than capable of getting the ball to the open guy. Kerr has tremendous floor vision. He is a very efficient 3-point shooter. His experience playing at a high level will be invaluable to our team."
While playing for West Virginia, guard Kerr Kriisa (3) examines the play against the Cincinnati Bearcats March 9, 2024. Kriisa committed to UC after a season at Kentucky on April 6.
The native of Estonia averaged 11 points per game for West Virginia in 2023-24 and 4.7 assists. His three-point shooting percentage was 42.4%. At Arizona, he led the Pac-12 in assists from 2021-23. In the 2022-23 campaign, he averaged 9.9 points and shot 37% from the arc. In 2021-22 he was at 9.7 points per game, shooting 34% from deep. In 2020-21, he played in eight games averaging 5.5 points and shooting 37% from the perimeter.
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Against UC last season, he had 13 points in the Big 12 tournament loss. In the game before that at Fifth Third Arena, he had six points and he had 10 in a West Virginia victory Jan. 31, 2023. His best games for WVU were a 25-point performance against Kansas State when he was 5-of-12 on 3-pointers and a game against Oklahoma State where he hit 6-of-8.
In his last season at Arizona, he dropped 24 on Utah Tech in the Maui Invitational and was 6-for-7 on triples. On Nov. 21, 2022, in Maui, he had 11 points on 3-for-5 shooting from deep and seven assists against Wes Miller and UC in a 101-93 victory.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Veteran guard Kerr Kriisa commits to Cincinnati Bearcats basketball
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