The LSU Tigers basketball team picked up a transfer for the 2020 season on Saturday, just days after missing out on Moussa Cisse.
Former Washington Huskies center Bryan Penn-Johnson announced his transfer to the Tigers for the upcoming season.
As a redshirt freshman in 2019, Penn-Johnson scored 11 points with five rebounds and five blocks in 34 total minutes played.
The 7-foot, 245-pound center announced his transfer from Washington in June, and was ranked as the No. 20 center in the nation coming out of high school in 2018.
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He played in a total of six games last season for the Huskies.
The transfer for Penn-Johnson gives Will Wade and the Tigers the big man they have been searching for. During the 2019-2020 season, the Tigers didn’t have a player over 6-foot-9.
Penn-Johnson brings height and versatility to a Tigers team that will be looking to repeat its 21-win season from last year. He will have three years of collegiate basketball left.
The current recruiting class for the Tigers includes shooting guard Cameron Thomas and center Eric Gaines, among other players.
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LSU ranks sixth nationally and third in the SEC in their 2020 recruiting class.
The addition of Penn-Johnson gives the Tigers more options at the center position with Darius Days and Emmitt Williams both likely heading to the NBA.
Should Williams and/or Days decide to return to LSU, that would make for an interesting competition at the position.
Over the offseason, the Tigers added two transfers to their list of players for the upcoming season.
Shareef O’Neal announced his transfer to LSU after leaving UCLA. Small forward Josh LeBlanc is transferring to the Tigers after leaving Georgetown.
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