Pitt Contacts High-Scoring Hofstra Transfer

The Pitt Panthers are pursuing a do-it-all wing from the transfer portal.

Stephen Thompson | Mar 31, 2024

Dec 12, 2023; Durham, North Carolina, USA; Hofstra Bison guard Darlinstone Dubar (1) dribbles up / Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports

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PITTSBURGH -- After losing leading scorer Blake Hinson to the transfer portal, the Pitt Panthers are looking for a wing to replace his production and may have found one.

The Panthers were one of many schools to reach out to former Hofstra forward, Darlinstone Dubar, a do-it-all star for the Pride for the past three seasons. Pitt will face stiff competiton to land his commitment from Kansas State, Arkansas, Virginia, Ole Miss, Arizona State, Xavier, Syracuse, St. John’s, Auburn, Notre Dame, Indiana, Tennessee, Kansas, BYU, Utah, Georgia Tech, Nebraska and UNLV, who are all also involved.

Darlinstone played his high school ball at Scotland Campus Prep, located about two and a half hours by car from Pittsburgh and the former thee-star recruit began his career at Iowa State before transfering to Hoftra after only seeing limited action in his first season.

He's flourished with the Pride, averaging double-figure scoring in each of his three seasons there. This season was his best to date, as Dubar averaged 17.8 points, and 6.8 rebounds per game while shootng 53% from the field overall and 40% from 3-point range. He scored 24 points on 7-11 shooting from 3-point range, grabbed 8 rebounds and blocked 2 shots in a game at Duke last season.

The Panthers lost Hinson to graduation and starting center Federiko Federiko and forward Will Jeffress to the transfer portal. They have three open scholarships remaining.

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Published Mar 31, 2024

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: