The St. John’s basketball program landed its third transfer portal target of the offseason on Wednesday with the commitment of Stanford guard Oziyah Sellers, and he should bring exactly what the Red Storm were missing last season.
Sellers has good size at 6-foot-5 but most importantly he is known as an outside shooter, making 42.9-percent of his attempts during his sophomore season at Southern California and 40-percent last year with Stanford.
It’s something that Rick Pitino has talked about that he was looking to improve with his roster this offseason and he has delivered in pairing Sellers with Arizona State transfer Joson Sanon.
Even with his statistics, Pitino was still impressed with the Cardinal transfer when he put him through a workout during his visit last weekend.
“Really excited to have Oziyah Sellers in a Johnnies uniform,” he posted on X. “Worked him out and he put on a shooting performance. Great size and a tremendous work ethic. Pumped.”
Sellers ended the season on a positive note, averaging 16.5 points in four postseason games that included the ACC Tournament and NIT. He went for 22 points in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament before watching Louisville complete the comeback and advance to the semifinals.
“Not only does he bring great experience and tremendous outside shooting but his workout on his visit was incredible,” Pitino continued in a press release. “Oziyah has terrific size and an unbelievable attitude. He’s a great addition for Johnnies Basketball this season.”
St. John’s is not done trying to add talent to its backcourt, still searching for a point guard with its pursuit of North Carolina guard Ian Jackson as well as 4-star high school target Acaden Lewis after his recent decommitment from Kentucky.
The Red Storm saw Princeton guard Xaivian Lee, one of its top targets, commit to Florida on Wednesday night.