USC basketball: Omar Oraby transfers from Rice
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Omar Oraby, a 7-foot-2 center who played at Rice, will transfer to USC, a source in the program confirmed Wednesday.
Oraby, a junior from Egypt, is scheduled to begin taking classes on Sept. 17, and the Trojans plan to file a hardship waiver with the NCAA that could make him eligible to play this season.
If that waiver is not granted, Oraby will sit out this season and play in 2013-14 with two years of eligibility remaining.
Oraby, 21, averaged six points and 3.6 rebounds last season and set a Rice record with 56 blocked shots.
Oraby would give the Trojans’ program three 7-footers. Junior Dewayne Dedmon, 7-feet, 255 pounds, averaged 7.6 points and 5.5 rebounds in 20 games last season before suffering a knee injury. Senior James Blasczyk, 7-1, 260 pounds, averaged 3.2 points and 2.9 rebounds.
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