Transfer portal news: Cam Scott leaving South Carolina basketball
Cam Scott is entering the transfer portal again. This time, it appears he won’t be coming back to the South Carolina men’s basketball program.
The State confirmed Jeff Borzello of ESPN’s report Wednesday that the former Lexington High School standout will be entering the transfer portal. The portal opened on Tuesday, and players have until April 21 to formally announce plans to transfer.
Scott is the seventh Gamecock player out of 10 eligible to return that is entering the transfer portal.
The sophomore also entered the transfer portal after his freshman season. He was there for 28 days, from April 1-29, before ultimately withdrawing and sticking with the Gamecocks.
“Seeing ... if I could fit into the program and fit in how they want me to fit in, we ultimately came to the decision this was place I needed to be,” Scott said at the team’s media day. “No better choice than to come back.”
Scott, however, didn’t play a game for Lamont Paris and USC this season. It was announced after the team’s season opener that Scott and EJ Walker would sit out this season and redhshirt. Walker eventually worked his way in USC’s lineup and played in 22 games this season, averaging 2.9 points.
Scott is in his second year with the program. A product of Lexington High School, he was the fifth player in program history to sign with the team as an in-state prospect rated four stars or higher. He averaged 2.5 points and 1.3 rebounds in 10.1 minutes per game in the 2024-25 season.
Scott at Lexington was two-time S.C. Gatorade Player of the Year for the second-straight year, joining Lower Richland’s Stanley Roberts (1987-88), Pinewood Prep’s Milton Jennings (2007-08) and Edisto’s Brice Johnson (2011-12) to accomplish that feat. He was all-state five times and finished with a school-record 2,475 points. He also holds the school record for steals in a season with 100 and single-game scoring record with 43.
Scott finished up his career as the most decorated boys basketball player in Lexington High school history and helped the Wildcats to their first state championship since 2000.
The Gamecocks went 13-19 this season and lost in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
