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Washington State Transfer Spencer Mahoney Commits to Cal

Mahoney redshirted his freshman season with the Cougars

Jake Curtis

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Spencer Mahoney, a 6-foot-9, 230-pound forward who redshirted his freshman season at Washington State before entering the transfer portal after the season, announced on social media on Friday morning that he has committed to Cal.

Mahoney had offers from Washington State and Coastal Carolina among others when he came out of Red Rock Academy in Nevada. The Spokane Spokesman Review reported last year he also had offers from Texas A&M, St. John's and Syracuse. He was rated a three-star recruit coming out of high school.

Mahoney has solid perimeter shooting skills and could be used at either small forward or power forward by the Bears.

"Spencer is a great kid," former WSU coach Kyle Smith said when Mahoney signed with the Cougars. "Spencer is a 'frontcourt driller.' He can space the floor to knock down shots, and has size."

A well-traveled player, the New York City native played his first two seasons of high school ball at Iona Prep in New Rochelle, NY. He played his junior season at Xavieran High School in Brooklyn, then tranferred to St. Benedict's in New Jersey for the start of his senior campaign.

Mahoney was rated the No. 2 recruit in the state of New York by 247Sports in the Class of 2023 but moved once more, playing the second semester of his senior season at Red Rock Academy, where he averaged 18 points and six rebounds.

He becomes the eighth transfer to commit to Cal for the coming season under Mark Madsen

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Jake Curtis

JAKE CURTIS

Jake Curtis worked in the San Francisco Chronicle sports department for 27 years, covering virtually every sport, including numerous Final Fours, several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches and a World Cup. He was a Cal beat writer for many of those years, and won awards for his feature stories.

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