IU basketball has their first commit in the class of 2025.
And he’s a player Indiana fans have come to know well over the last few years.
In-state forward Trent Sisley announced on Monday afternoon he has committed to play for the Hoosiers. His father confirmed the decision with TDH on Monday morning. The news comes just a day after he completed a senior year official visit to the Bloomington campus.
“It felt like home,” Sisley told On3’s Joe Tipton on Monday. “I could just feel how much Coach Woodson and the whole staff wanted me the whole staff wanted me throughout the whole recruiting process. Lastly, just the opportunity to be able to come in a contribute.”
Sisley chose Indiana over Purdue, Notre Dame, Michigan State and Iowa.
The announcement marks the culmination of a three-year process by the IU staff. Indiana offered Sisley in October of 2021, just before the start of his freshman season at Heritage Hills H.S. in southern Indiana.
And Sisley turned out to be the high-end prospect everyone expected at that time.
The 6-foot-7 Sisley is a 4-star recruit according to the On3 Industry Average. He’s the No. 78 overall player in the 2025 class.
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— Trent Sisley (@SisleyTrent) September 23, 2024
Sisley played three years at Heritage Hills (Lincoln City, Ind.) and as a junior averaged 24 points, 11.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.9 steals per game. He shot 60% from the field overall, and 35% from three on 78 attempts.
He transferred to national prep school powerhouse Montverde Academy for his senior season to further ready himself for the college game.
“It’s all about bettering myself, developing,” Sisley told The Daily Hoosier in July. “Coach (Kevin) Boyle, great coach, well respected, so I just want to go down there, work on my skills, become more perimeter oriented a little bit, and get ready to go for college.”
Sisley has worked to develop wing skills over the last year and hopes to come to IU and fill a role similar to Mackenzie Mgbako, as a hybrid forward who can make threes.
“Obviously he (Mgbako) shot a lot of threes last year and made a lot of threes and he’s pretty physical, so I do think that’s a good comparison. I’d say that’s fair,” Sisley told TDH in July.
Sisley was a teammate of IU 2025 recruiting target Braylon Mullins this spring and summer on the Adidas Circuit. Now he’ll turn his attention towards helping the IU staff land Mullins, along with another former AAU teammate, in-state guard/wing Jalen Haralson.
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