Kentucky’s British Center Leaves for Duquesne

The Kentucky Wildcats didn’t play their British recruit, Morakinyo Williams, very much last year, and now he has decided to transfer to Duquesne to play for the Dukes. Hopefully the move will allow Williams to get more playing time, and the Dukes of Duquesne to get more rebounding and post play in a bid for the Tournament next season.

Morakinyo Williams is 6-10, and likes to play with his back to the basket. He was born in Solihull, England. Although he thought that he’d have a great opportunity to be an impact player with the Wildcats, that never happened, as Kentucky went through a coaching change before the season started, and the plans for Williams kind of got sidetracked. Said Williams (from the CBSsports.com story about the transfer):

“Ihad a lot of fun here (at Kentucky), but I was ready to get out of here. I want to play a lot more minutes — I just wanted to play a lot more. Hopefully when I do start playing at Duquesne, I can be an impact player.”

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