Dwon Odom, Brenden Tucker

Men's Basketball

Hayes' First Two Signees Are Talented Transfers Returning Home to Atlanta

ATLANTA -- Georgia State head coach Jonas Hayes announced that his first two signees for the Panther program are a pair of highly-regarded transfer guards, Dwon Odom from Xavier and Brenden Tucker from College of Charleston. Both players are Atlanta natives who return home to play for the Panthers.
 
Odom played two seasons at Xavier, averaging 6.4 points and 2.5 assists for his two season while shooting 55 percent from the field. With Hayes serving as the interim head coach, he scored 18 points in the Musketeers' win over Texas A&M in the NIT title game at Madison Square Garden. Odom returns to Atlanta, where he starred at St. Francis High School.
 
Tucker is from the Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville and Dacula High School, where he was a 4-star prospect and a Top 10 player in Georgia. Over his last two seasons at College of Charleston, he averaged 10.5 points, including 11.3 per game in 2021-22.
 
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DWON ODOM
Guard, 6-2, Alpharetta, Ga. (St. Francis H.S./Xavier)
 
Alpharetta, Ga., native from St. Francis High School ... Played two seasons at Xavier, averaging 6.4 points and 2.5 assists for his two season while shooting 55 percent from the field ... Averaged 6.3 points per game in 2021-22, when he shot 58.5 percent from the field and was third on the team with 2.2 assists per game ... Scored 18 points vs. Texas A&M in the NIT championship game ... Named BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week in December after contributing 12.5 points, 3.5 assists, 2.0 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 2.5 steals per game in wins over Morehead State and Marquette ... Went 8-for-9 for a career-high 19 points vs. Marquette ... Earned the No. 1 play on ESPN SportsCenter's "Top Plays of the Day" for his crossover move on Nate Watson of Providence during his 11-point effort at PC on Feb. 23 ... Averaged 6.6 points and 2.9 assists as a freshman in 2020-21 ... Had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.11, which was the best in the BIG EAST and among the nation's best (not ranked due to minimums) ... Led St. Francis to back-to-back Georgia Class A Private School State Championships in his final two seasons ... St. Francis posted a 109-17 record in his four years ... Scored 2,378 career points, along with 865 assists, 695 rebounds and a school-record 285 steals ... Averaged 20.6 points, 6.4 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game and shot 65 percent from the field as a senior while being named Class A State Player of the Year for a second straight season and Region Player of the Year for the third straight season ... Averaged 21.8 points, 7.1 assists, 5.9 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game while shooting 68 percent from the field as a junior.
 
Dwon Odom

BRENDEN TUCKER
Guard, 6-3, Lawrenceville, Ga. (Dacula H.S./College of Charleston)
 
Atlanta-area native who graduated from Dacula High School in Lawrenceville, Ga. ... Three-year letterwinner at the College of Charleston who will have two seasons of eligibility at Georgia State ... Averaged 11.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in 2021-22 while shooting 39 percent from 3-point range ... Reached double figures in 20 games, with a high of 23 points vs. Presbyterian, followed by 21 vs. William & Mary and 20 vs. Loyola Maryland ... Averaged 9.4 points and 1.3 assists in 19 games as a sophomore in 2020-21 ... Scored a career-high 35 points against Drexel, when he went 13-for-16 from the field, including 5-of-7 3-pointers ... That game was part of a six-game stretch in which he averaged 17 points ... Averaged 2.3 points and 0.8 rebounds per game as a freshman reserve who played in 25 games ... Four-star recruit in the Class of 2019 and Top 10 player in Georgia from Dacula High School ... First-team all-state as a senior, when Averaged 20.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 2.6 steals and 0.2 blocks per game ... Led Dacula to the Sweet 16 of the state playoffs in Class AAAAAA ... Averaged 18.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game as a junior ... Previously played at Archer High School.

Brenden Tucker
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