Former Kentucky Assistant Coach Orlando Antigua has signed Jaleel Cousins to play at South Florida. Jaleel is the the younger brother of DeMarcus Cousins.
Press release from gousfbulls.com:
TAMPA, May 21, 2014 – Head coach Orlando Antigua announced the addition of center Jaleel Cousins to the USF men’s basketball team on Tuesday.
Described by many as raw and developing, Cousins has the frame to be successful at USF at 6-feet-10, 260 pounds. He averaged 7.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game last season as a sophomore at Navarro College in Carsicana, Texas. He will be eligible to play as a junior this upcoming season.
“Jaleel is a big, physical, long kid whose best basketball is still ahead of him,” Antigua said. “He has a huge upside which makes me excited to get a chance to work with him.”
Antigua has a history with the Cousins family as he was an assistant coach at Kentucky when Jaleel’s older brother DeMarcus played with the Wildcats and later became the fifth overall pick of the 2010 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings.
Antigua is in his first season as head coach after spending the past five seasons as an assistant coach at Kentucky.
.@USFCoachO would like to welcome Jaleel Cousins to USF http://t.co/E3noWR1bK8 pic.twitter.com/AvB5hkr6FZ
— USF Men’s Basketball (@USFMBB) May 21, 2014
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