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Penn State signs Iceland native

College hoops

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State men’s basketball head coach Mike Rhoades announced the addition of guard Bragi Gudmundsson to the Nittany Lion program Tuesday.

Gudmundsson will come to Happy Valley as a freshman for the 2023-24 season.

Gudmundsson joins the Nittany Lions from Iceland where he played for U.M.F. Grindavik in the Iceland-Subway League, the top professional league and highest level of competition in Iceland. He averaged 10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists over 25 games during the most recent regular season.

Gudmundsson tallied 34 points, eight assists and seven rebounds per game while playing with the U23 Grindavik team before moving up to the top level of competition. The guard has played for the U16 and U18 Icelandic National Team and has been invited to compete with the U20 National Team this summer.

Pitt adds recruit

PITTSBURGH — Head coach Jeff Capel and the Pitt basketball staff added four-star prospect Papa Kante.

A 6-foot-10, 225-pound forward from the South Kent School in Connecticut, Kante is ranked among the top 100 incoming freshman.

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