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2020 boys basketball All-Tidewater Player of Year Jayden Epps commits to Georgetown

The Virginian-Pilot
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Guard Jayden Epps, shown playing for Illinois against Indiana in February, has committed to transfer to Georgetown. He grew up in Suffolk. MICHAEL CONROY/AP

Guard Jayden Epps, shown playing for Illinois against Indiana in February, has committed to transfer to Georgetown. He grew up in Suffolk. MICHAEL CONROY/AP (Michael Conroy/AP)

Former King’s Fork High standout guard Jayden Epps has committed to play basketball for Georgetown after a season with Illinois.

Epps, the 2020 All-Tidewater Player of the Year, announced via Twitter that he has committed to the Hoyas and new coach Ed Cooley, who came to Georgetown from Providence.

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With Illinois, Epps — a 6-foot-2, 190-pounder — averaged 9.5 points, 1.8 points, 1.5 assists and 24.6 minutes in 31 games for a team that made the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed, falling in the first round to Arkansas. He had two points in six minutes in that 73-63 defeat.

Epps shot 41.4%, including 30.1% from 3-point range, for the season.

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