After visiting Cal for a second time late this week, former Kentucky forward Marcus Lee committed to the Bears over Washington, a source confirmed to SNY.tv.
The 6-foot-9 Lee, out of Antioch (Calif.) Deer Valley, will have to sit one year to play one during the 2017-18 season.
Lee is the latest addition for Cal coach Cuonzo Martin, who last month landed former Memphis commit Charlie Moore, the 5-foot-10 point guard out of Chicago Morgan Park, and earlier landed Columbia grad transfer Grant Mullins.
Lee opted to withdraw from the NBA Draft and announced he would transfer from Kentucky, with head coach John Calipari saying Lee would go to a school “out west to be closer to his family.”
“Marcus Lee informed us today that he is pulling his name out of the draft but has decided he is going to transfer to a school out west to be closer to his family,” Calipari said. “We talked it through together and discussed the team next season, which he said had no bearing on his decision. I also told him he was a semester away from graduating. With that said, he was still adamant that, after the combine experience, a year off and regrouping would be the best thing. As always I support my players and their decisions.”
Lee averaged career highs in points per game (6.4), rebounds per game (6.0), total blocks (59) and total assists (11).
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