If Tony Perkins stays in the Big Ten, there’s a good chance he’ll return home and be a Hoosier.
Indiana is in a group of six schools the Iowa transfer point guard will consider for his final season of college basketball.
According to his Instagram page, Perkins is down to Missouri, Arkansas, Indiana, Oregon, Oklahoma and Ole Miss.
Perkins took a visit to Missouri over the weekend.
Perkins enjoyed a breakout senior season, after which he was named second-team All-Big Ten. He ranked in the top 17 in the league in scoring (14.5), assists (4.6) and steals (1.7). He was one of seven players nationally to have 450+ points, 140+ assists, 130+ rebounds and 50+ steals. Perkins scored in double figures in 28 games with eight 20-point games.
From an analytic standpoint, the Indianapolis native was top-300 nationally in free throw rate, fouls drawn per 40 minutes and steal percentage, and top-200 in assist rate. In 2023-24 he posted career-highs in box score plus/minus (4.5) and points over replacement player (3.4).
The 6-foot-4 Perkins had a 14 and and a 15 assist game this season, in Big Ten wins over Nebraska and Northwestern. His 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio was sixth best in the league.
Perkins’ shooting splits were 43.2 percent from the field overall, 29.9 percent from three, and 78.8 percent at the free throw line.
In his last two trips to Bloomington to face IU, Perkins averaged 22.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists.
A high school teammate of C.J. Gunn and IU football wide receiver Donovan McCulley at Lawrence North H.S. in Indianapolis, Perkins was a 2020 Indiana All-Star. He averaged 18.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.8 steals leading Lawrence North to a 25-2 record.
He should have one year of eligibility remaining.
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