Former West Virginia, Manhattan, Marquette, and Gardner Webb guard Jose Perez will continue his collegiate basketball career at a fifth school.
On Sunday, Perez announced that he will be continuing his career with the Arizona State Sun Devils. He announced his decision on his Instagram. It’s not only the fifth school of Perez’s career but is his fourth school in four years.
Perez entered the transfer portal this past offseason after spending last season in Morgantown with West Virginia. Unfortunately for Perez and the Mountaineers, the NCAA did not approve a waiver for the 6-foot-5 guard out of the Bronx to play in the 2022-2023 season.
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Prior to his lone year in Morgantown, Perez started his collegiate career with Gardner-Webb, where he averaged 15.1 points per game across 57 carer games with the Runnin’ Bulldogs.
He would transfer to Marquette following the 2019-2020 season, but only played in 10 games for the Golden Eagles, averaging 3.1 points per game. Following his disappointing junior season, he would make his way back to New York playing for the Manhattan Jaspers, averaging 18.9 points per night across 30 games.
Then prior to last season, he would find his way to Morgantown following the firing of Jaspers head coach Steve Masiello. That being said, Perez never officially registered any time as a member of the Mountaineers’ men’s basketball program due to the NCAA not approving his waiver.
Originally, it appeared that Perez was going to return to West Virginia for this fall after originally entering the transfer portal following the resignation of Bob Huggins in July. Then this past month, on September 30, West Virginia head coach Josh Eilert announced that Perez was no longer with the Mountaineers.
Perez will join an Arizona State program that went 23-13 last season, including 11-9 in Pac-12 play, making the NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed. The program is set to enter the ninth season in the tenure of head coach Bobby Hurley, who is 141-113 during his time in Tempe while leading the Sun Devils to a trio of NCAA Tournament appearances.