The Tigers are adding another piece ahead of the 2024-25 season.
Junior college prospect Bouna Kebe has committed to Memphis and will play for head coach Penny Hardaway this year, as first reported by Yuval Shaham, his name, image and likeness representative.
Kebe, a Senegal native who began his college career at Independence (Kansas), spent the 2023-24 campaign at Gillette (Wyoming) and averaged 11.2 points and 7.1 rebounds per game on 53% shooting. The 6-foot-9 forward is the Tigers’ ninth scholarship transfer this offseason. He has two years of eligibility remaining.
Kebe should provide helpful depth to an already talented roster that has the Tigers as the No. 24 team on barttorvik.com and the presumed favorite to win the American Athletic Conference (AAC).
PJ Haggerty (6-foot-3) averaged 21.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game for Tulsa last year, which helped him earn the AAC Freshman of the Year award.
Tyrese Hunter (6-foot) averaged 11.1 points and 4.1 assists for Texas in 2023-24. He also won the Big 12 Freshman of the Year award at Iowa State in 2021-22, and is 6-3 in NCAA Tournament games.
Colby Rogers (6-foot-4) scored 16.4 points per contest while shooting 40.9% from 3-point range (7.1 attempts per game) for Wichita State. PJ Carter (6-foot-5) averaged 9.5 points and 2.4 rebounds while shooting 41.5% from the field and 40.3% from 3-point range in 31 appearances for UTSA.
Moussa Cisse (7-foot) and Tyreek Smith (6-foot-8) averaged a combined 3.1 blocks per game last year for Ole Miss and SMU respectively. Dain Dainja (6-foot-9) averaged 6.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in limited minutes for an Illinois team that made the Elite Eight last season.
Nick Jourdain (6-foot-9) started 25 of 32 games for the Tigers in 2023-24, and put up 6.5 points and 4 rebounds per contest. He is Memphis’ only returning scholarship player.
The Tigers, who now have two open scholarships remaining, also welcome guards Baraka Okojie—a sophomore transfer from George Mason—and Jared Harris—a 4-star high school recruit.
Memphis tips-off the 2024-25 campaign against Missouri on Nov. 4 inside FedExForum.