Cincinnati Bearcats basketball loses high flying Dillon Mitchell in transfer portal
Former McDonald's All-American Dillon Mitchell will not be back for a second stint with Cincinnati Bearcats basketball after transferring from Texas last spring. The 6-foot-8, 210-pound Mitchell was UC's fourth-leading scorer at 9.9 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 6.9 per game.
Bearcats Dillon Mitchell (23) scores during Game 2 of the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Basketball Championship against the Iowa State Cyclones at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Wednesday March 12, 2025. Cyclones won the game with a final score of 76-56.
In the College Basketball Crown tournament in Las Vegas, Mitchell had 15 points and seven rebounds in the win over DePaul and 19 points and 12 rebounds in the quarterfinal loss to UCF for his sixth double-double of the season. He twice scored 19 vs. UCF, also doing it in UC's Feb. 5 win in Orlando, 93-83. In UC's opening Big 12 tournament win over Oklahoma State, Mitchell collected a career-high 15 rebounds. His shooting was money inside at 61%, but streaky from the 3-point line at 29% and free throw stripe at 40%.
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Mitchell averaged 9.6 points and 7.5 rebounds at Texas in his sophomore season and 4.3 points and 3.9 rebounds as a freshmen. He started all but one game for the Longhorns and started every game this past season for the Bearcats.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Latest Cincinnati Bearcats loss in transfer portal is Dillon Mitchell
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