Cal basketball leading scorer Andrej Stojaković transfers to Illinois
Andrej Stojaković, Cal basketball's leading scorer last season, plans to transfer to Illinois, he announced via X on Monday.
Stojaković, the son of former three-time NBA All-Star Peja Stojaković, averaged 17.9 points per game in his lone season with the Bears. He is a four-star transfer who ranks as the No. 35 overall transfer and the No. 6 small forward, according to 247Sports.
Illinois will be the third school in as many years for Stojaković, who has two years of eligibility remaining.
As a true freshman at Stanford, the 6-foot-7 Jesuit-Sacramento alum started 10 of his 32 games played and averaged 7.8 points.
Stojaković was a five-star high school recruit on the 247Sports Composite, which had him ranked as the No. 25 player nationally in the 2023 class.
Even with Stojaković being an ACC All-Tournament first-team selection who was also named an all-conference honorable mention, Cal ended its debut season in the ACC with a 14-19 record, including a 6-14 conference mark. The Bears haven't finished a campaign at or above .500 since 2016-17.
Illinois finished 22-13 this season and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Illini have won 20-plus games in each of the past six season and have played in five straight NCAA Tournaments.
Stojaković leaves Berkeley as one of three outgoing four-star transfers, the others being 6-foot-1 combo guard Jeremiah Wilkinson (Georgia) and 6-foot-8 forward BJ Omot.
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