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Ex-Penn State center Demetrius Lilley commits to new school from transfer portal

Former Penn State center Demetrius Lilley has committed to a Big 5 school out of the transfer portal.

Another former Penn State basketball player has reportedly found a new home out of the transfer portal. According to a report, [autotag]Demetrius Lilley[/autotag] has committed to La Salle to return closer to his Philadelphia roots.

Ari Rosenfeld of ELITE High School Scouting reported news of the transfer commitment via a post on social media. In that post, Rosenfeld noted Lilley has two years of eligibility remaining with the Explorers.

Lilley was a three-star recruit in Penn State’s Class of 2022 under former head coach Micah Shewesberry. La Salle was one of the schools that extended an offer to Lilley out of high school, as was another Big 5 program (Saint Joseph’s).

Lilley spent two seasons with Penn State before entering the transfer portal following the conclusion of the 2023-24 college basketball season. Lilley averaged 2.8 points per game and 2.7 rebounds per game this past season. He averaged 9.2 minutes per game and appeared in 20 games.

You can keep up on all the transfer portal changes with the Penn State men’s basketball roster with our updated transfer portal tracker for all of the comings and goings for the program this offseason.

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Penn State forward Demetrius Lilley the latest to jump in transfer portal

Penn State loses fourth player to the NCAA transfer portal.

Penn State saw a fourth member of the 2023-24 men’s basketball roster jump into the NCAA transfer portal on Wednesday. Forward [autotag]Demetrius Lilley[/autotag] was the latest player from the team to enter his name in the NCAA’s database as he explores his options for his basketball future.

Lilley appeared in 20 games for Penn State last season off the bench. He averaged 2.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in a little under 10 minutes per game this past season. He did get slowed down by a back injury in the later portion of the season.

Lilley will have two years of eligibility remaining. The Philadelphia area native was a three-star recruit in Penn State’s Class of 2022 under former head coach Micah Shrewsberry. Only one player recruited by Shrewsberry remains on the roster; guard Jameel Brown.

Lilley’s jump to the transfer portal follows similar moves by guard Kanye Clary (who was dismissed from the team late in the season), forward Favour Aire, and guard Bragi Gudmundsson.

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Penn State men’s basketball 2023-24 roster

Here is a look at every player on Penn State men’s basketball roster for the first season under head coach Mike Rhoades.

Penn State will have a new look on the roster for the 2023-24 season. A new head coach and significant roster turnover, including losing two players to the NBA, have led to a roster with a number of transfer players plugging roster holes for the 2023-24 season.

Penn State’s roster includes a total of 10 players who have come from the transfer portal, with a number being added to the roster since the end of last season. That includes star guard Ace Baldwin Jr., one of the top players Rhoades had on his roster at VCU before moving to Penn State. Penn State also added transfers from North Carolina, Lafayette, Miami, and Temple this offseason.

Here is a look at Penn State’s men’s basketball roster for the 2023-24 season.

Kebba Njie the latest Penn State player to enter transfer portal

Penn State sees yet another basketball player enter the transfer portal

The turnover of the Penn State men’s basketball program continues with upcoming sophomore [autotag]Kebba Njie[/autotag] entering his name into the transfer portal. He is now the fifth player from last year’s team to enter the portal and the third from the 2022 class.

Notably, the 2022 class was Penn State’s highest ever rated recruiting class, with Njie being the center piece. He was a four-star recruit out of Indiana who was Penn State’s third highest player to sign for the program.

Njie was the only freshman from the 2022-23 team who appeared in all 37 games, starting 26 of them. He averaged 3.4 points and 3.5 rebounds in 14.3 minutes of playing time.

There was potential that this announcement was coming. Considering two other players out of his class entered there name into the portal, it’s not a major shock seeing Njie test the waters as well. Onward State also tweeted that he was not present at Mike Rhoades’ introductory press conference, which could have been viewed as a sign as well.

As with the majority of players entering the transfer portal, there is still a possibility they return to the school they were previously enrolled. [autotag]Seth Lundy[/autotag] once entered the transfer portal before ultimately coming back to play for Penn State again.

There are now only two scholarship players currently enrolled at Penn State. Both are upcoming sophomores [autotag]Kanye Clary[/autotag] and [autotag]Demetrius Lilley[/autotag]. With the three previous class of 2023 commits all asking for their NLI release, the program is barren.

Rhoades will have some serious program building to do to even a field a team next year, let alone a competitive one. We’ll see if he can reconvince some of the players who entered their name in the portal to come back to State College and if he can get some of his past players at VCU to come as well.

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Penn State men’s basketball adds 4-star forward to recruiting class

Penn Stae men’s basketball got a big-time legacy commitment for Micah Shrewsberry.

Penn State men’s basketball may finally be turning things around. Head coach [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] has locked up one of the biggest recruits in the program’s history.

Four-star forward [autotag]Carey Booth[/autotag] announced his verbal commitment to play for Shrewsberry and his rejuvenated Nittany Lions when doing a live stream with 247Sports on Wednesday. His commitment comes on the same day that Penn State was a finalist for recruit Deshawn Harris-Smith, but he committed to Big Ten rival Maryland.

Booth is the second-highest-rated recruit in Penn State’s history, according to 247Sports. He joins guards [autotag]Braeden Shrewsberry[/autotag] and [autotag]Logan Imes[/autotag] as the headlining trio for Penn State in the 2023 recruiting class.

The best part of Booth’s commitment is the size he will bring to the team. Current tall men on the team are [autotag]Kebba Njie[/autotag] and [autotag]Demetrius Lilley[/autotag] who stand at 6’8″ and 6’10” respectively. Booth is listed at 6’8″ so while he won’t be the tallest on the team he will be a strong option at the forward position.

Another fun wrinkle to all of this, his father, Calvin Booth played for the Nittany Lions from 1995-1999. He would turn a successful Penn State college career into an 11-season career in the NBA. The elder Booth can now be found running the Denver Nuggets as the Head of Basketball Operations.

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Penn State Men’s Basketball Class of 2022 sets bar high for future of program

Here’s the full rundown of Penn State basketball’s Class of 2022, regarded as the best in program history

The future of Penn State men’s basketball provided a big dose of optimism with the signing of the first recruiting class under head coach Micah Shrewsberry. Shrewsberry quickly signed one of the best recruiting classes in Penn State’s program history. Penn State set the bar high on the recruiting trail as Shrewsberry begins forming the foundation for the future of the program.

Penn State’s Class of 2022 is actually the highest-rated recruiting class in school history, and this was without the benefit of a full recruiting cycle since being hired as the head coach for Shrewsberry.

Here’s a look at Penn State basketball’s Class of 2022, the first signed by Micah Shrewsberry.