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June 25, 2013
The LSU men’s basketball team continues to cruise along the recruiting trail.
Tigers’ coach Johnny Jones confirmed this week that the LSU Athletics Department had received signed scholarship papers from Keith Hornsby – a guard from Williamsburg, Va.
Hornsby is a 6-foot, 4-inch guard, and he will join the program after playing two seasons at UNC-Asheville.
He will sit out the 2013-14 season in Baton Rouge and still have two years of eligibility remaining – beginning in the 2014-15 campaign.
“We are very excited about the addition of Keith Hornsby to our basketball program,” LSU men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones said. “His playmaking skills and his ability to shoot the basketball will make him a tremendous asset to our basketball team.”
Hornsby isn’t the typical college basketball transfer.
He is leaving UNC-Asheville as one of the most decorated players in his entire conference.
Hornsby averaged 15.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game last season for Asheville – all while proving to be one of the elite shooters in college basketball.
The shooting guard shot 37.9 percent from behind the 3-point line last season and also was 92.5 percent from the free throw line – a mark that was No. 2 in the NCAA among Division I programs.
He also played 33 minutes per game as a sophomore, while making 29 starts.
The sophomore guard was the second leading scorer for the Bulldogs, while the team posted a 16-16 record and a 10-6 mark in the Big South Conference.
Hornsby averaged 4 points per game as a freshman.
The sharp-shooting guard landed at Asheville after three years at Oak Hill Academy – one of the most well-recognized prep basketball programs in America.
While at Oak Hill, Hornsby averaged 11.4 points and two assists per game. He also shot 50.4 percent from behind the 3-point line.
Hornsby also arrives in Baton Rouge with a little bit of Hollywood on his resume.
He is the son of Grammy-award-winning artist Bruce Hornsby.
Hornsby’s decision to transfer to LSU marks another coup in Jones’ short recruiting resume with the Tigers.
The transfer is the first official commitment of LSU’s 2014 class.
In the 2013 signing period, the Tigers had one of the best classes in the country, signing one five-star, two four-stars and two three-star prospects, according to recruiting service rivals.com.
The headliner of that 2013 recruiting class is five-star power forward Jarell Martin, who will play his first collegiate games this fall.
