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Ta’Lon Cooper, former Minnesota guard, announces SEC transfer commitment
By Ethan Stone
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Ta’Lon Cooper announced that he would eb transferring from Minnesota at the end of the regular season. Perhaps Minnesota’s top guard, Cooper is a strong shooter, a capable floor general and a sneaky good defender.
Cooper made a lot of folks in SEC country happy on Wednesday, when he announced that he would be transferring to South Carolina for his final year in college basketball.
Cooper, a former Morehead State transfer, will have 1 year of eligibility remaining for the Gamecocks.
NEWS: Minnesota graduate transfer Ta’Lon Cooper has committed to South Carolina, he tells @On3sports.
Averaged 9.8 points, four rebounds, and dished out an impressive 6.3 assists per game.
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South Carolina needs all the help it can get, and Cooper is a good starting place for head coach Lamont Paris. South Carolina won just 11 games this season and 4 games in conference play, finishing 3rd to last in the SEC.
Minnesota knows the feeling. The Golden Gophers are in need of a spark in a desperate way, finishing last season 9-22 with just 2 conference wins.
Ethan Stone was an editor for his student newspaper at the University of Tennessee and is now a News Manager for Saturday Tradition.