Lamar Wilkerson is an Indiana basketball player now, but he hasn't forgotten where he came from.

The sharpshooting guard expected to provide the Hoosiers some 3-point punch this season played the previous three years at Sam Houston State , averaging 20.5 points and making 44.5% of his 3-pointers in 2024-25. He scored 18 points in an Bearkats loss to IU early last season.

He has given "six figures" of his name, image and likeness money to the Sam Houston State program, according to Jeff Goodman on a Field of 68 preseason stop Thursday in Bloomington.

"I did it out of love," Wilkerson said. "I was there for three years, so it was home for me. I built a family with a lot of people and a lot of donors. I gave back because I want to see that program strive, keep seeing them get bett

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