UCF Transfer Marchelus Avery Commits to Oklahoma State

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Steve Lutz landed another Big 12 transfer.

UCF transfer forward Marchelus Avery committed to Oklahoma State on Sunday afternoon. Listed at 6-foot-7, Avery averaged 7.6 points and four rebounds a game for the Knights last season while shooting 34% from 3. He should have one year of eligibility remaining.

 

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“In Chi Chi, we’re getting a great kid who has the rare combination of experience and upside,” said Lutz after Avery signed. “He’s a supreme athlete who continues to add to his game and will benefit this spring from a chance to explore the NBA Draft waters. Offensively, he can score from just about anywhere, and his size and skill will help create mismatches for us on both ends of the court.”

Out of Richmond, Virginia, Avery started his career at the junior college ranks with Northwest Florida State, where he averaged 11.8 points and 7.8 rebounds a game in his lone season there.

He then made the move to New Mexico State, where he spent two seasons and played 44 games. In his two seasons in the WAC, Avery averaged six points and 3.4 rebounds a game while shooting an impressive 37% from 3 before making the move to UCF this past season.

He has scored in the 20s four times at the Division-I level, including a 22-point performance against South Dakota State this past season in which he hit four 3-pointers. H also had two double-doubles at New Mexico State during the 2022-23 season. In that final season in Las Cruces, Avery shot 42% from 3.

Avery becomes the third transfer Lutz has landed to this point and the second from within the Big 12. OSU nabbed Texas Tech transfer Robert Jennings II this past week, who Avery will join as the tallest players on the roster to this point.

With Avery and Jennings in the fray, Lutz now has six scholarships available as that pair joins FIU transfer Arturo Dean, Bryce Thompson, Jamyron Keller, Connor Dow and incoming freshman Jeremiah Johnson.

Other names to keep an eye on at this point include Arkansas transfer Davonte Davis, Ole Miss transfer (and former Cowboy) Moussa Cisse and Washington transfer Wesley Yates. Those three have all visited OSU. Brandon Garrison is also still available. Garrison entered the portal after Mike Boynton’s firing and has taken visit to Oklahoma, Texas and is on one at Arkansas.