LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville coach Pat Kelsey added one other fifth-year participant to the roster Monday with ahead LJ Wells now obtainable this season for the Cardinals.
Kelsey mentioned he’s pals with Northern Kentucky coach Darrin Horn, who gushes about Wells’ character, work ethic and coachability. Wells spent the previous 4 seasons at Northern Kentucky and began 33 video games for the Norse as a senior averaging 15 factors and seven.3 rebounds.
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“He was arguably NKU’s finest and most useful participant,” Kelsey mentioned. “We’re excited so as to add somebody like LJ that matches our tradition completely. He is considered one of us earlier than he even arrives.”
The Cardinals even have guard Seth Trimble, who transferred from North Carolina by making the most of the current preliminary injunction from a Colorado choose giving student-athletes who graduated from highschool in 2022 a fifth season of eligibility for the upcoming yr.
Trimble and Wells each are amongst a gaggle of athletes that sought the best to play a fifth season from a Kentucky county court docket.
A 6-foot-8, 220-pound ahead, Wells additionally was named to the Horizon League event staff after scoring 22.3 factors and grabbing 8.7 rebounds over three event video games in March. He began 16 of 32 video games as a junior, 27 of 33 as a sophomore and performed in 18 video games as a freshman.
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