With more than 1,300 career points scored at the college level, Jarius Hicklen is joining the Oklahoma State men's basketball program, it was announced.

A 6-foot-3, 170-pound graduate of DeSoto HS in the Dallas area, Hicklen played his first two years of college ball at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee before transferring to North Florida for the last two seasons. He comes to Oklahoma State with a year of eligibility remaining.
 
He averaged 16.2 points per game on 45.0 percent shooting from the field, 40.3 percent shooting from three-point range and 77.8 percent shooting from the free throw line as a sophomore at OBU. In his two seasons at North Florida, he averaged 12.2 points per game, shot 38.1 percent from beyond the arc and was at the very core of the Ospreys' attack. 
 
Against the highest level of competition he faced last season, Hicklen scored 19 points at Washington, 17 points at Kentucky, 12 points at Houston and 15 points at Pittsburgh.
 
"As an experienced, high-level shot-making guard, Jarius will be able to help us from the moment he steps on campus," OSU head coach Mike Boynton said. "He has good size for his position, the ability to create his own shot and understands how to space the floor effectively."
 
Hicklen is the third Division I transfer to choose the Cowboys this offseason, joining guard Javon Small, who led East Carolina in scoring a year ago, and physical big man Mike Marsh from Jacksonville.
 
Hicklen, Small and Marsh add to a 2023 Oklahoma State recruiting class that garnered a top-10 national ranking from 247sports (No. 8), Rivals (No. 9) and ESPN (No. 10) even before their arrival.
 
OSU's incoming class also includes McDonald's All-American Brandon Garrison (Del City, Okla.), Team USA U18 standout Eric Dailey Jr., a pair of top-150 national recruits in Justin McBride (Plano, Texas) and Jamyron Keller (Killeen, Texas) and Connor Dow (Broken Arrow, Okla.)