The Panthers are in the mix for another transfer prospect.
On Thursday, On3’s Joe Tipton announced that Mount Saint Mary’s transfer guard Dakota Lefffew included Pitt in his top six schools list along with Villanova, Syracuse, South Carolina, Georgia, and Xavier.
Leffew is a 6-foot-5 guard who played four seasons at Mount Saint Mary’s before entering the portal this spring. This past season, the Hampton, Georgia native averaged 17.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game while shooting 43% from the field and 37% from three. He made at least 73 threes in each of his last two seasons, and this year, went 74 for 203 from downtown.
Against high-major opponents this year, Leffew had the following stat lines:
@ Maryland: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 turnovers
@ Georgetown: 14 points, 0-6 3FG, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 3 turnovers
@ Ole Miss: 16 points, 8-21 FG, 0-7 3FG, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 turnovers
@ Georgia: 26 points, 10-18 FG, 2-6 3FG, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 turnovers
Pitt is currently in the top three for UNC Greensboro transfer Mikeal Brown-Jones, and will host Florida State transfer Cam Corhen on a visit this month as well.
Pitt is trying to build a roster around returning players Jaland Lowe, Ishmael Leggett, Zack Austin, and Guillermo Diaz-Graham, among others. Track all of this years’s Transfer recruiting action with The Portal Report below. See who will visit Pitt, who has left Pitt, who has committed to Pitt, and who has heard from Pitt with the tool below.
MBB Transfer Portal Tracker – Fan Edition
