Inbound: K.J. Lewis
With three recruits announced Sunday, Georgetown's busy transfer portal is highlighted by the arrival of 6-4 sophomore Kenyon (K.J.) Lewis.
Lewis, who grew up in El Paso, played under coach David Peavy at Duncanville HS in the Dallas suburbs. A two year reserve at Arizona, he chose Arizona over Alabama, Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Memphis, Texas Tech, and UCLA. While at UA, Lewis averaged 10.5 points last season, shooting 42 percent from the field and with 22 double figure games as a sophomore. Lewis had six starts as a sophomore behind starters Caleb Love and Jaden Bradley, who led the Wildcats in scoring. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.??Available Transfer??
— Transfer Tapes (@TransferTapes) April 1, 2025
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"Lewis' athleticism, explosiveness, and toughness as a defender and finisher make him an intriguing prospect," wrote NBA analyst Mike Babcock. "Developing his overall perimeter skills will be crucial for his growth moving forward."
With five inbound recruits but only three exits to the portal, additional changes could be announced as early as this week.
Inbound: Isaiah Abraham, DeShawn Harris-Smith
Activity in the NCAA transfer portal continues with the report of Georgetown's addition of a pair of local high school alumni in Connecticut forward Isaiah Abraham and Maryland guard DeShawn Harris-Smith.
The 6-7 Abraham signed with UConn from Paul VI HS in Chantilly, VA, where he was an honorable mention All-Met selection in 2024 and was a Top 75 national prospect through his AAU play with Team Takeover. Abraham chose UConn in November 2023 over offers from Providence, Marquette, and Virginia Tech. Abraham's tenure at Storrs was a brief one, with 14 points in only nine games as a freshman, and just seven minutes of combined action after November 30. Abraham has three years of eligibility.Harris-Smith, a 6-5 guard, was the 34th ranked recruit of the national class of 2023 when he signed with Maryland from Paul VI and Team Takeover as the Washington Post's All-Met Player of The Year, averaging 17.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. Harris-Smith averaged 4.8 points in two seasons at College Park, but just 2.5 as a sophomore, with only four starts as a sophomore compared to 30 as a freshman, with a career high of 17 points as a freshman versus Iowa. He has two years eligibility beginning in 2025-26.
Maryland transfer G DeShawn Harris-Smith has committed to Georgetown.
— NCAA Transfer Portal (@RivalsPortal) April 6, 2025
The former No. 37 overall recruit in 2023 averaged 2.5ppg this season, but 7.3 PPG as a freshman. https://t.co/Ryb2fSqYf8 pic.twitter.com/oVACnVJOoS
The basketball office has not commented on the transfers.
Casual Hoya Suspends Coverage
SB Nation's Casual Hoya has posted notice that it is suspending operations.
A message at the Casualhoya.com reads "The blog has been shut down until further notice." The site, which dates to 2008, provided game recaps, interviews with other blogs in the SB Nation network, and interactive features with its audience around men's basketball. No further comment was posted beyond the notice; its last update was the recap of the April 2 Georgetown-Nebraska game.A Twitter account for the site remains active.
Inbound: Duncan Powell
Redshirt junior forward Jordan Powell is the latest Georgetown addition from the NCAA transfer portal, as reported Friday.
A well traveled player, Powell originally committed to Arkansas in September 2019 from DeSoto TX in the Dallas suburbs. Six months later, he decommitted from Arkansas but in lieu of reestablishing contacts with the other schools on his finals list (TCU, Mississippi, St. Louis, SMU, Tulsa), he sighed with North Carolina A&T, redshirting as a freshman and averaging 8.0 ppg with four starts. A season at Sacramento State followed, whereupon he committed to Louisiana-Lafayette, than decommitted two weeks later for Georgia Tech. He saw his best efforts to date at Georgia Tech, averaging 12.2 points on 44 percent shooting from the field. Powell started in 13 of 33 games for the Yellow Jackets, with a season's best 24 versus Duke in the ACC tournament.NEWS: Georgia Tech transfer forward Duncan Powell has committed to Georgetown, he told @On3sports.
— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) April 5, 2025
The 6-8 junior averaged 12.2 PTS and 5.4 REB this season. Had 7 games in which he scored 20 points or more, including 24 on Duke in the ACC Tournament. https://t.co/7ghOmj8wCo pic.twitter.com/VmnmIuk2Ho
Outbound: Jordan Burks, Drew McKenna
Two starters from Georgetown's run in the College Basketball Crown announced transfers Friday.
Forward Jordan Burks will leave Georgetown in search of a third school in three years, following his freshman season at Kentucky in 2023-24. Burks started 11 games overall for the Hoyas and the last nine of the season following Thomas Sorber's injury. He averaged 5.7 points and 3.4 rebounds overall, with season highs of 16 points and 13 rebounds against Washington State in the Crown: these last nine games saw Burks average 10.4 points per game compared to just four points a game as a reserve. Burks averaged 1.9 points while at Kentucky.Drew McKenna's tenure at Georgetown was in stark contrast to his potential when he was the top ranked junior in the state of Maryland.
McKenna opted to forego his senior season at Glenelg Country School for Georgetown but did not complete his high school requirements in order to enter college in the fall of 2023. He arrived as a greenshirt that spring, but saw no action that season.
McKenna's sophomore season mirrored that of a promising greenshirt from a decade earlier, Stephen Domingo (2012-14), who shot just 3 for 27 from three point range and transferred following his sophomore season. In 2024-25, McKenna averaged just 1.8 points in 20 games, with his only start coming in the injury depleted Crown games. His three point shooting of 1 for 16 limited his on-court time, with an 0 for 13 statistic since the Notre Dame game in early November, and was not effective enough on defense to garner significant playing time, averaging just seven minutes per game. A nine point, six rebound game versus Washington State was a career high.
Destinations for the two transfers have not been announced to date.
