Steve Lutz has landed another double-digit scorer out of the transfer portal.
Jaylen Curry, a 6-foot, 168-pound point guard, is transferring to Oklahoma State from UMass. Curry averaged 13.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.2 steals a game as a sophomore last season for the Minutemen. He should have two seasons of availability left.
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Out of Charlotte, North Carolina, Curry played his final high school season at Calvary Christian Academy in Florida. He was the No. 174 recruit in the 2023 class, per the 247Sports Composite ranking. He ended up at UMass but had reported offers from Alabama, Florida State, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Xavier and others.
He won gold with Team USA at the 2021 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, where he averaged 8.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists a game while playing alongside the likes of Robert Dillingham, Ron Holland, Liam McNeeley, Justin McBride (former Cowboy) and David Castillo (Oklahoma native).
Curry was an Atlantic 10 All-Rookie selection as a freshman in the 2023-24 season. He averaged 7.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists as a freshman while playing in all 31 of UMass’ games with one start. He scored in double figures 10 times that year, including a season-high 18 against Loyola-Chicago.
He started all 29 games he played as a sophomore and scored in double figures 22 times. He dropped a career-high 24 in a game against Northeastern and scored in the 20s on three other occasions. Curry flirted with different variations of a double-double this season. Against New Hampshire in November, he had nine points and 12 assists (with zero turnovers). Against Harvard in November, Curry had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Last season, Curry had 112 assists and just 42 turnovers. He also took a big step forward in his 3-point shooting. As a freshman, he shot just 25% on 89 attempts, but as a sophomore he made 35% of his 84 attempts.
Curry is the seventh player the Pokes have added from the portal this offseason and the sixth who averaged double-figure scoring this past season. OSU was in need of another point guard after Arturo Dean and Jamyron Keller hit the portal. Curry joins Mississippi State transfer Kanye Clary as traditional point guards on the Cowboys’ roster, though incoming 6-foot-5 transfers Isaiah Coleman (Seton Hall), Anthony Roy (Green Bay) and Vyctorius Miller (LSU) could also fill in there.
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