New USC basketball coach Eric Musselman already had a full roster after a busy couple months of mining the switch portal, however that did not cease the Trojans from including one other notable addition.
Wesley Yates III, a top-40 prospect from the 2023 recruiting class, introduced Thursday he is transferring to USC after one 12 months at Washington.
Yates is a cousin of Trojans assistant coach Quincy Pondexter and in addition follows fellow former Huskies assistant coach Will Conroy to USC.
Yates didn’t play in any video games final season for Washington and has 4 years of eligibility remaining.
USC already had stuffed its most 13 scholarship spots, however within the NIL period packages have discovered aways round such limits.
Along with returning ahead Harrison Hornery — the lone holdover from the Trojans’ 2023-24 roster — Musselman added ahead Josh Cohen (UMass), guard Bryce Pope (San Diego), guard Clark Slajchert (Penn), ahead Saint Thomas (Northern Colorado), ahead Matt Knowling (Yale), guard Chibuzo Agbo (Boise State), ahead Rashaun Agee (Bowling Inexperienced), ahead Terrance Williams II (Michigan), guard Desmond Claude (Xavier), guard Kevin Patton Jr. (San Diego), Yates and a pair of four-star highschool recruits in guard Isaiah Elohim and ahead Jalen Shelley.
