Pitt Meets with Syracuse Transfer, Former 12 PPG Scorer

Pitt has met on a zoom call with Syracuse transfer Chris Bell, a source confirmed with PSN. 

Jon Rothstein first reported the news.

Bell is a 6-foot-7 wing/forward who played in 33 games for the Orange this season, starting 13. He averaged 9.3 points and two rebounds per game this past season for Adrian Autry’s squad, but actually had a better statistical season as a sophomore. In 2023-24, Bell averaged 12 PPG and 2.3 RPG. In that sophomore campaign, he hit a career-best 84 three pointers on 200 attempts (42%). This past season, as a junior, he hit just 47 threes at a 35% clip.

In Syracuse’s most recent game against Pitt this past season, Bell hit seven threes, scoring 23 points in the loss to the Panthers. In the first game, Bell went for 12 points, hitting four threes.

Pitt has landed two transfer commitments already this spring, earning commitments from two former Iowa State players. Dishon Jackson, a center, committed first. Then, on Monday, Nojus Indrusaitis committed to the Panthers. Stay tuned for more on PSN.

Jackson is a 6-11, 275-pound senior center, who this past season averaged 8.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in 18.7 minutes of action. The year prior, he averaged 11.4 points and 6.1 rebounds. His best two performances last year were a 17-point, 4 rebound game against Kansas and a 14-point, 5-rebound effort against TCU.

Indrusaitis, who spent his high-school years in the Chicago area, was ranked as the No. 96 player and a four-star prospect in the class of 2024 before going to Iowa State. He played for Meanstreets EYBL and also competed for Saint Rita High School in Chicago before going to Brewster Academy.