LSU will head to Birmingham later this month for SEC Tipoff ’24, the league’s annual men’s basketball media day event.
On Thursday, the Tigers announced that graduate student guard [autotag]Jordan Wright[/autotag] and senior forward [autotag]Derek Fountain[/autotag] will represent the team at SEC media day.
Both players arrived in Baton Rouge as transfers. Wright came in this offseason from Vanderbilt, and the Louisiana native appeared in 123 games with the Commodores, winning SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2022 and averaging double-digit scoring over the last two seasons.
Fountain is also an SEC transfer having arrived from Mississippi State in coach Matt McMahon’s first offseason. He started 23 of 31 games last season, averaging eight points and 5.5 rebounds.
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Coach McMahon, Derek Fountain and Jordan Wright will represent the Tigers at SEC Media Day!
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LSU has retooled using the transfer portal once again this offseason, and McMahon will hope to improve upon a 14-19 season in Year 1 that saw the team finish just 2-16 in SEC play.
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