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Pitt Transfer Target Commits to Mississippi State

The Pitt Panthers miss out on yet another transfer guard.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Transfer Target Commits to Mississippi State
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are still looking to improve their backcourt but to do so, they'll have to keep digging in the transfer portal, because one of their targets has committed elsewhere. 

Marshall transfer Andrew Taylor, a prolific scorer and sharpshooter from Corbin, Kentucky, announced this week that he had committed to Mississippi State over the likes of Pitt, Ole Miss, Florida, Florida State, LSU and others. 

Taylor has averaged double-figure scoring in each of his four seasons with the Thundering Herd, but took his game to new heights during the 2022-23 season. 

Taylor averaged career-highs in points (20.2 per game), assists (4.7 per game), free throw percentage (80%), minutes (36.6 per game) and steals (2.1 per game). He made 45% of his two-point attempts and 36.4% of his 3-pointers on a personal-high of 19 shots per game. 

He would have been a major lift to a Panthers backcourt that lost so much this offseason. 

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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