A fourth Orange player heads out the door
Syracuse Orange men’s basketball guard (and possibly figment of our imagination) Chance Westry has entered the transfer portal, per The Portal Report.
Westry, a former four-star recruit out of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania who played 11 games as a freshman at Auburn in 2022-23 before getting injured, appeared in just three games over two seasons with Syracuse.
He suffered a knee injury that kept him out for the entirety of the 2023-24 season, and then dealt with a smattering of injuries and illnesses in 2024-25 that kept him sidelined, and didn’t ever have the time or opportunity to crack the rotation.
In the 11 minutes that he did play for Syracuse — three against Tennessee and UAlbany, and five against Notre Dame, all in December — he didn’t score a single point.
Syracuse G Chance Westry has entered the transfer portal, he tells TPR.
Westry appeared in 3 games this season for the Orange. pic.twitter.com/EicKAtUnwb
— The Portal Report (@ThePortalReport) March 25, 2025
Westry is a 6 foot 6 guard who will either have three or two years of eligibility left depending on whether he can get a medical redshirt for this past season. It’s unfair to blame him for not being able to produce in his time in a Syracuse uniform, given the injuries, but it had also reached the point of two seasons on the roster with nothing to show for it, making it understandable why either side would want to move on.
It should be very fascinating to see what the market is for Westry, a player who was regarded very highly coming out of high school, but is now three years removed from it, with many injuries, and nothing on the court to show for it. Hopefully, he finds a place where he can thrive and stay healthy.
Syracuse currently has just three scholarship players set to return — JJ Starling, Donnie Freeman, and Petar Majstorovic — along with four freshmen coming in. That means the Orange have seven scholarship spots filled. The limit has been upped to 15, so SU has 8 spots available.
