Hodge Announces Signing of Morris Ugusuk

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Ross Hodge has announced the signing of Morris Ugusuk to a grant-in-aid for the 2025-26 season.

Ugusuk, a 6-foot-4, 170-pound junior guard from Helsinki, Finland, comes to West Virginia from South Carolina, where he played the last two seasons.

“Morris has been part of an NCAA Tournament and has great experience at the collegiate level,” Hodge said. “He is a great person and aligns with our vision of who we want to represent WVU and the state of West Virginia.”

This past season as a sophomore, Ugusuk started six of 32 games played, averaging 5.9 points and 1.4 rebounds per game. He shot 38.4% from the field, 40.7% from 3-point range and 76.9% from the free throw line.

Ugusuk had a career-high 20 points against Vanderbilt, six rebounds against Florida and made four 3-point field goals in games against Texas A&M, at Virginia Tech, at Indiana and at Oklahoma. He had 18 points at Indiana, 15 points at Oklahoma, 12 points in games at Virginia Tech and vs. Texas A&M and 10 points vs. Texas.

As a freshman in 2023-24, Ugusuk saw action in 30 games, averaging 2.2 points in 10 minutes per game. He had five points and three assists in his first collegiate game against USC Upstate. Ugusuk had a season-high five assists and zero turnovers in the win over Charleston Southern. He had 11 points against Florida A&M and had 10 points in 11 minutes of action in the win against Missouri.

Ugusuk averaged 17.2 points, 5.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game playing for Drive Basketball Academy in Finland. He played for Pantterit Helsinki in the Finnish 1^st Division and averaged 12.0 points, 2.8 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game. Ugusuk shot 58.8% from the floor and 60.0% from behind 3-point range.

Ugusuk played for Finland at the 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship. He averaged 9.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game in the tournament, helping Finland to a third-place finish.