Lloyd Memorial grad Jeremiah Israel is headed from his backyard in the Horizon League to the Big South.
Israel, a sophomore guard with Northern Kentucky University, announced his intention to transfer to Presbyterian College over the weekend. Israel hit the transfer portal after his sophomore season in which he saw limited playing time compared to his freshman year.
Battling through injury, Israel played in just eight games in his sophomore campaign compared to 23 appearances during his freshman season in Highland Heights. He averaged 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds during his freshman year.
During his time at Lloyd, Israel was one of the top players in northern Kentucky. He scored 1,301 career points to go with 505 rebounds. He helped lead Lloyd to two of their four straight 9th Region semifinal appearances in his junior and senior seasons. He posted 21.6 points and 8.3 rebounds a game in his senior year.
Presbyterian went 14-19 in the 2024-25 season, finishing tied for fifth in the Big South conference and losing to Radford in the first round of the conference tournament. They played in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) postseason tournament, losing to Illinois State in the first round.
Israel is one of many to hit the portal for the Norse in the offseason, joining Keeyan Itejere (transferred to Rhode Island), Randall Pettus II (transferred to Elon College), Cesar Tchilombo, Paulis Rapolis, Max Hyman and Hubertas Pivorious.
The Norse have added Tae Dozier (Georgetown College), Kael Robinson (Montana State-Billings), and Shawn Nelson (Barton College) since the end of the season to go with incoming recruits J.J. Apathjang and Ryan Tolliver.
They’re expected to return Dan Gherezgher, LJ Wells and possibly Sam Vinson, who is awaiting status on another year of eligibility via a medical redshirt. The way eligibility is getting handed out like candy these days by the NCAA, you have to feel good for Vinson’s chances at one more year in Highland Heights.
Trey Robinson and Josh Dilling have exhausted their college eligibility.
The college basketball landscape is an evolving one, so the roster is a fluid one.