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DePaul Adds Chicago Native Charlie Moore as a Transfer
4/23/2019 2:34:00 PM | MEN'S BASKETBALL
Moore was 2016 Illinois Mr. Basketball at Morgan Park High School
CHICAGO – DePaul head coach Dave Leitao announced today that Chicago native Charlie Moore has transferred to the program from Kansas. Moore played at California as a freshman in 2016-17 and Kansas in 2018-19 as a sophomore.
"Charlie Moore adds an all-around experienced guard to our program that can shoot and distribute the ball at a high level," said Leitao. "He also brings high-level experience from playing in both the Pac-12 and Big 12 Conferences and his return to his hometown is exciting for our fans and basketball fans in Chicago."
Moore played in 35 games last season for the Jayhawks with averages of 2.9 points and 1.3 assists in 13.1 minutes per game. During his freshman season at Cal, Moore earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention recognition after averaging 12.2 points and 3.5 assists per game. He started all 34 games for the Golden Bears and finished the season ranked fifth among all-time freshman in assists and three-pointers along with sixth in points and seventh in free throws. Moore set a Cal freshman record with 38 points against UC Irvine that saw him go 10-for-20 from the field and 15-of-17 from the free throw line.
The Chicago native was the 2015-16 Illinois Mr. Basketball and Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year after averaging 28.0 points, 7.0 assists, 5.0 steals and 4.0 rebounds at Morgan Park High School. Moore was a consensus top 100 player in the nation for the Class of 2016 and ranked the No. 14 point guard in the country by ESPN.com.
Moore joins the class of newcomers with incoming freshmen Markese Jacobs, Oscar Lopez and Romeo Weems along with transfers Carte'Are Gordon (Saint Louis) and Darious Hall (Arkansas). Jacobs, Lopez and Weems are ranked as the No. 25 recruiting class in the nation by ESPN.com.
"Charlie Moore adds an all-around experienced guard to our program that can shoot and distribute the ball at a high level," said Leitao. "He also brings high-level experience from playing in both the Pac-12 and Big 12 Conferences and his return to his hometown is exciting for our fans and basketball fans in Chicago."
Moore played in 35 games last season for the Jayhawks with averages of 2.9 points and 1.3 assists in 13.1 minutes per game. During his freshman season at Cal, Moore earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention recognition after averaging 12.2 points and 3.5 assists per game. He started all 34 games for the Golden Bears and finished the season ranked fifth among all-time freshman in assists and three-pointers along with sixth in points and seventh in free throws. Moore set a Cal freshman record with 38 points against UC Irvine that saw him go 10-for-20 from the field and 15-of-17 from the free throw line.
The Chicago native was the 2015-16 Illinois Mr. Basketball and Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year after averaging 28.0 points, 7.0 assists, 5.0 steals and 4.0 rebounds at Morgan Park High School. Moore was a consensus top 100 player in the nation for the Class of 2016 and ranked the No. 14 point guard in the country by ESPN.com.
Moore joins the class of newcomers with incoming freshmen Markese Jacobs, Oscar Lopez and Romeo Weems along with transfers Carte'Are Gordon (Saint Louis) and Darious Hall (Arkansas). Jacobs, Lopez and Weems are ranked as the No. 25 recruiting class in the nation by ESPN.com.
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