Indiana basketball lands commitment from Stanford guard Kanaan Carlyle

The Indiana basketball program has landed a key backcourt commitment from Stanford transfer guard Kanaan Carlyle.

Carlyle, a former top-60 prospect, played just one season at Stanford. He visited Indiana basketball this weekend.

During his freshman season he averaged 11.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in 23 appearances. He missed the first month of the season but made an immediate impact when he returned to the floor. He scored in double-figures 15 times, including two 20-point games and one 31-point outing.

His career high was 31 points against Washington State. He also scored 28 points in his fourth game of the season against Arizona. He was 9-of-13 from three in those two games.

After shooting 44.7 percent on 2.1 made 3s per game in the first 10 games he played, his shot fell off. He shot just 20.8 percent from three on 4.1 attempts for the final 13 games of the season, totaling just 32 percent on the season.

Carlyle is a dynamic athlete and scorer, however. He has good size at 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds and does a terrific job getting to the rim. He shot 77.6 percent from the foul line while attempting 3.7 free throws per game.

Carlyle is originally from the Atlanta area and was a name that Indiana basketball briefly looked at during his high school recruiting process. He knows both new Indiana commit and Washington State transfer Myles Rice and Jakai Newton. Rice was back on campus this weekend after visiting and committing last weekend.

He has three years of eligibility remaining. Carlyle is currently ranked the No. 7 overall player in the 247Sports transfer portal rankings.

Along with Rice and Carlyle, Indiana also added Arizona transfer center Oumar Ballo.

Indiana basketball has three scholarships remaining for the upcoming season.

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