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Kenny Brooks and Kentucky reeled in a fantastic transfer portal class, bringing in one of the best point guards in the country in Tonie Morgan as well as former Conference USA stars Asia Boone and Josie Gilvin. However, there’s also another pair of transfers that we’ve yet to see take the floor at Kentucky: Jordan Obi and Dominika Paurová.
Obi and Paurová were brought in last offseason, but they didn’t get to play last year because unfortunately, both of them suffered lower leg injuries during the summer. Obi’s injury occurred in practice, while Paurová was representing Czechia in international competition. Thankfully though, they’re set to make their debuts in the blue and white soon.
Getting them back is a big, big deal, and that can’t be stressed enough. Obi was a three-time All-Ivy star at Penn, recording 14.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.4 blocks on 38.6% shooting from three-point range during the 2023-24 season.
As for Paurová, she was at Oregon State prior to her time in Lexington. The Beavers were a rising force in women’s college basketball before conference realignment derailed them, and they even made the Elite Eight back in 2023-24 when Paurová was a freshman. She was the sixth man on that team, putting up 5.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game on 37.2% shooting from deep.
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Needless to say, but both are going to provide very valuable minutes from the get-go. That’s why their teammates, like Teonni Key, are so stoked to get to play alongside them.
“We’re super excited,” Key said during media day. “They’re great players, honestly. So, it’s been super fun just having them back and playing with all of us, getting to know them as players — like on the court as well.
We knew them well off the court. Just seeing how well they mesh with all of us, like their style of play, it’s been really exciting because they both bring something different — pieces that we really didn’t have last year. So, it’s just super exciting.”
Hopefully, they mesh well enough to help Brooks and the Cats have another special season.
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