JUCO All-American Dalen Ridgnal commits to Georgia basketball

Dalen Ridgnal, a JUCO All-American from Cowley College in Arkansas City, Kansas, has committed to Georgia basketball for the 2021 class.

Ridgnal announced his commitment to Tom Crean and the Georgia Bulldogs on Tuesday and posted his decision to his Twitter account.

COMMITTED 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/Tj2j22CJxY

— Dalen (@dalen34) May 4, 2021

Dalen Ridgnal (6-6, 200) committed to Georgia over offers from several schools, including Cal Poly, East Carolina, Eastern Michigan, FIU, Murray State, Nicholls State, Sam Houston State, Southern, St. Bonaventure, and Texas State.

As a sophomore at Cowley College, Ridgnal averaged 21.1 points and 12.8 rebounds per game and started all 29 games in which he played. Ridgnal was also named a third-team JUCO All-American following his freshman campaign.

Ridgnal joins three other recruits that have committed to Tom Crean and UGA for 2021 — Tyrone Baker, Camron McDowell and Christian Wright. Additionally, Jabri Abdur-Rahim (Virginia), Noah Buamann (USC), Bralen Bridges (Illinois-Chicago) and Jailyn Ingram (Florida Atlantic) have all announced their intentions to transfer to UGA.

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