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Carter, Floyd, Hopkins, Locke And Moore To Transfer To Providence
4/28/2022 3:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball
All five will join the team for the 2022-23 season.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -Â Providence College Head Coach Ed Cooley announced today (April 28) that Devin Carter of Miami, Fla. (University of South Carolina), Corey Floyd of Franklin, N.J. (University of Connecticut), Bryce Hopkins of Oak Park, Ill. (University of Kentucky), Noah Locke of Baltimore, Md. (University of Louisville), and Clifton Moore of Ambler, Pa. (LaSalle University) each have signed an athletic aid agreement and will transfer to Providence College for the 2022-23 season.
"We are looking forward to having Devin, Corey, Bryce, Noah and Clifton all be part of the Friar family next season," Head Coach Ed Cooley said. "We had a number of roster spots to fill for next season and we are excited that we were able to bring in such a talented group to blend with our returning players as well as the incoming freshmen."
Carter, who spent his freshman season at South Carolina, will be eligible to play next season and he will have three seasons left to compete. Carter, a 6-3, 190-pound guard, ranked fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 9.0 ppg. He started seven of the 29 games he played. Carter led the team in free throws made (75) and attempted (107). He scored 15 or more points seven times and notched a career-high 22 points versus Army on December 22. He also averaged 3.8 rebounds per game. Coming out of Brewster Academy in 2021, Carter was rated as a four-star prospect, according to ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com. He was ranked No. 94 by ESPN.com, No. 92 by Rivals.com and No. 86 by 247Sports.com.
Floyd, who attended Connecticut in 2021-22, played for the Huskies but he did not compete in any games. He will be eligible to play next season and he will have four seasons left to compete. Floyd is a 6-3, 210-pound guard. He graduated from Roselle (N.J.) Catholic High School in 2021. Floyd was a three-year starter for Roselle Catholic. In his final season of high school competition, he averaged 16.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists. In July of 2021, he helped Team Final capture the prestigious Peach Jam title by scoring 12 points, dishing off five assists and grabbing four rebounds in the championship game. Floyd was a four-star recruit, who was ranked No. 93 by 247Sports.com. ESPN.com ranked him as the 33rd best shooting guard in the nation. His father, Corey, played two seasons for the Friars (1991 and 1992).
Hopkins spent his freshman season at Kentucky. He will be eligible to play next season and he will have three seasons left to compete. Hopkins, a 6-6, 220-pound forward, saw action in 28 games for the Wildcats. He scored a career best 13 points as he was 5-6 from the field in 16 minutes of action versus LSU on February 23. He graduated from Fenwick High School in 2021. Hopkins was a consensus four-star prospect, who was ranked No. 33 by ESPN.com, and No. 39 by Rivals.com and by 247Sports. He was named the 2021 Illinois Player of the Year by MaxPreps. Hopkins was named to the Jordan Brand Classic roster and he also was selected to participate in the Allen Iverson Roundball Classic. Other honors he earned in high school included being named a two-time Chicago League Player of the Year, MVP of the Catholic League and Chicago Land Prep Hoops All-State First Team.
Locke played his first three seasons at the University of Florida before transferring to Louisville for the 2021-22 season. He will come to Providence as a graduate transfer and he will be eligible to play in 2022-23. Locke is a 6-3, 205-pound guard. In three seasons at Florida, he averaged 10.1 points per game and he shot 40.3 percent from three-point territory in 92 career games. Locke finished his time at Florida ranked ninth all-time for the Gators with 217 career three-point field goals and eighth all-time in three-point field goal attempts with 538. He set a Florida freshman record with 81 made three-pointers and averaged 2.36 made three-pointers per game over his career. Locke registered 933 points in 92 games at Florida. In his lone season at Louisville, he led the Cardinals in scoring (9.6 ppg), three-point shooting (68-199, 34.2 percent) and minutes played (840). In 124 career games, he has scored 1,241 points (10.0) and grabbed 295 rebounds (2.4). Locke has shot 285-737 (38.7 percent) from three point territory. He has made 92 of his 123 attempts (74.8 percent) from the free-throw line. Locke graduated from the McDonogh School in 2018 as the school's all-time leading scorer (2,350 points). A consensus four-star recruit, he was ranked No. 73 by ESPN.com, No. 64 by Rivals.com and No. 80 by 247Sports.com.
Moore played two seasons at Indiana University before he transferred to LaSalle where he played two seasons. He will come to Providence as a graduate transfer and he will be eligible to play in 2022-23. Moore is a 6-10, 240-pound center.  Moore played 24 games over two seasons at Indiana. He transferred to LaSalle and had to sit out the 2019-20 season. In two years at LaSalle, Moore averaged 9.9 points and 5.2 rebounds . He shot 49.1 percent (200-407) from the field and 70.1 percent (101-144) from the free-throw line. In 2021-22, he led LaSalle in scoring (12.9 ppg) and rebounding (6.1 rpg) as he started all 30 games for the Explorers. He scored a career-high 26 points versus Fordham on December 30, 2021. He registered five double-doubles, including a 21-point, 12-rebound effort versus VCU on January 8, 2022. He also recorded 83 blocks to establish the LaSalle single season record. For his efforts, Moore was named to the All-Big 5 Second Team. Moore graduated from Hatboro-Horsham High School in 2017.  He was a four-star recruit, according to Rivals.com, which ranked him No. 133. He also was ranked No. 151 by 247Sports.com.
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