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Sacha Killeya-Jones Gives His Reason For Leaving NC State

On February 13th, Wolfpack head coach Kevin Keatts shared in a postgame press conference that Kentucky transfer Sacha Killeya-Jones, who was sitting out the year under transfer rules, was no longer on NC State’s roster.

Last night Killeya-Jones shared his reasons as to why.

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Head Coach Kevin Keatts released a statement of his own.

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So here’s the brass tax.

Killeya-Jones already used 2 years of eligibility at Kentucky, where he averaged 3.3 points and 2.9 rebounds as a Sophomore.

That’s not a recipe for leaving a program in the middle of your redshirt year to go pro.