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Pitt basketball | 5 players enter transfer portal
- Story byThe Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.
- Pitt basketball | 5 players enter transfer portal
Pitt men's basketball players Papa Amadou Kante, Brandin Cummings, Kieran Mullen, Roman Siulepa and Omari Witherspoon officially entered the transfer portal when it opened at midnight Tuesday.
Siulepa started all 33 games for the Panthers as a true freshman in 2025-26. The 6-foot-6 native of Australia averaged 10 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. He led the Atlantic Coast Conference in offensive rebounding during the regular season with 69 in 18 games. Siulepa scored a career-high 28 points in a blowout win over Penn State Dec. 21. He posted three straight double-doubles in late January.
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Cummings started nine of 19 games and missed the rest of the season with an injury. The 6-3 sophomore averaged 12.5 points per game. He came off the bench to score 34 points, including 30 in the second half, against Hofstra Dec. 7. The 34 points was the most in program history by a player coming off the bench. He tallied 432 career points in 50 games, 13 starts.
Witherspoon, a 6-4 guard from Maryland, started 25 of 33 games as a true freshman and averaged 7.5 points and 3.0 rebounds per contest.
Amadou Kante, a 6-10 redshirt sophomore from Senegal, averaged 2.8 points and 5.4 rebounds in eight games this past season. He played in 30 career games.
Mullen, a 7-0 center from Canada, totaled 15 points and 22 rebounds in 111 minutes as a freshman.
Pitt will lose Cameron Corhen, Barry Dunning Jr. and Damarco Minor to graduation.
