By ADAM ZAGORIA
Jose Perez will withdraw from the Transfer Portal and play this coming season at West Virginia under interim coach Josh Eilert, a source confirmed.
The news was first reported by On3.com.
“I’m using my additional year to come back,” he told ZAGSBLOG in March. ”I feel like this is gonna be my team in some way, shape, or form [and] some other guys I think are gonna return.”
The 6-foot-5 Perez announced his transfer to West Virginia Oct. 29 after Manhattan fired his coach and mentor, Steve Masiello, two weeks before the start of the season, a story broken by ZAGSBLOG.
On Dec. 16, the NCAA denied West Virginia’s request for immediate eligibility for Perez, and on Jan. 11 they denied his waiver request.
West Virginia is Perez’s fourth school after previous stints at Gardner-Webb, Marquette and Manhattan.
He started 29 games in the 2021-22 season and played in all 30, averaging 18.9 ppg, 4.5 apg and 3.2 rpg. The Bronx native turned 24 in October.
West Virginia this week also added St. John’s transfer Quinn Slazinski who played last season at Iona under Rick Pitino.
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