South Carolina basketball transfer commit Nordin Kapic is going from coast to coast again. Originally from Vienna, Austria, Kapic spent the first two seasons of his collegiate career at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, at the D-II level. Last season, he ventured to the Pacific coast to play for UC-San Diego. Kapic started 33 of 34 games played for the Tritons and was fifth on the team with 25.0 MPG. Now, he’s going back (close to at least) the Atlantic to suit up for Lamont Paris.
In his first season with Lynn, Kapic started all but one game and averaged 19.3 PPG. The forward had career-best games as a freshman against Barry. On January 14, 2023, Kapic scored a season-high 31 points against the Buccaneers. Less than a month later, he tallied a season-high 17 rebounds against them. After three single-digit performances in his first six games with Lynn, Kapic found his rhythm. He scored 10-plus points in each of his last 19 appearances as a freshman. In that span, Kapic also recorded 12 double-doubles, including a 29-point, 16-rebound performance against Rollins.
In his sophomore season with Lynn, Kapic saw a similar role but became more efficient from deep. After a 37.1 3PT% as a freshman, his mark from beyond the arc rose to 41.3% the next season. However, his 2PT% fell from 57.0% to 53.4% as a sophomore. It wasn’t a varied sample size situation, as he took exactly 251 two-point attempts in both seasons. Keeping with the trend, Kapic again averaged 19.3 PPG as a sophomore.
