Santa Barbara adds Temple transfer Josh Pierre-Louis

By ADAM ZAGORIA

Josh Pierre-Louis, the 6-foot-3 point guard from Roselle (N.J.) Catholic, is transferring to UC-Santa Barbara from Temple.

Pierre-Louis will sit one season to play three.

He averaged 3.8 points and 1.3 assists last season. He and his older brother, Nate Pierre-Louis, who declared for the NBA Draft, both opted to leave Temple.

Former @TUMBBHoops guard Josh Pierre-Louis has committed to @UCSBbasketball. The 6-foot-3 athletic guard appeared in 27 games for the @TempleOwls, avg. 3.8 points. Scored 15 points vs. @USC_Hoops. Avg. 14.2 ppg as a senior at @rc_basketball, helped win the N.J. non-Public B title pic.twitter.com/nMnjGqGNdk
— Rich Flanagan (@richflanagan33) April 11, 2020

Temple guard Monty Scott is also transferring out. Meantime, the Owls added another New Jersey guard in Butler transfer Khalif Battle.

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.