College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Joshua Hughes

USC · Forward · Senior · 6-10 · #22

Transfer from Evansville

#2195Overall

-0.10Projected impact

#896 forward in the country
#1138 in the transfer portal

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Projected role · 2026-27

Projected bench piece (about 16 minutes a game) at USC, as a floor spacer: a smaller role than he had at Evansville (27.6 min).

Projected minutes: 16
Spot in the rotation: #9

From the Statboy preseason model. It updates once games start.

▸What is impact?

Impact is how many points per game a player adds to his team. 0 is an average player, so a plus number means he's better than average and a minus number means he's below. It's Statboy's own number, based on everything he does on the court and the level he played against.

Last season: the basics

2025-26 at Evansville: 32 games, 32 starts, 27.6 minutes a game.

Points per game9.363rd
Rebounds per game4.755th
Assists per game0.840th
Steals per game0.428th
Blocks per game0.440th
Turnovers per game1.146th
Field goal %48.4%(106-219)45th
3-point %36.4%(43-118)78th
Free throw %75.0%(42-56)74th

Last season: advanced

Percentiles compare him with every Division I forward who played 300+ minutes.

Usage rate17.0%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
Offensive rating112.950th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
Defensive rating114.711th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
True shooting %61.0%73rd
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
Effective FG %58.2%72nd
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
Assist-to-turnover0.7232nd
Assists for every turnover
Offensive rebound %29.5%36th
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
Free-throw rate25.6%21st
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
Win shares per 40.07725th
Wins he created per 40 minutes played

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The closest matches among every forward in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.

Joshua Lewis
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75%match
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-0.05 impact · 8.1 pts · 3.8 reb · 0.7 ast
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Caden Wilkins
St. Thomas-Minnesota · F · Sophomore
72%match
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-0.08 impact · 6.9 pts · 2.9 reb · 0.6 ast
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Finley Sheridan
Stetson · F · Senior
71%match
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-0.11 impact · 7 pts · 4.1 reb · 1.3 ast
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Emmett Marquardt
Eastern Washington · F · Junior
71%match
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+0.02 impact · 5.5 pts · 2.8 reb · 0.8 ast
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Joe Nugent
Holy Cross · F · Senior
69%match
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-0.04 impact · 11.8 pts · 3.6 reb · 0.7 ast
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Renars Sondors
Wyoming · F · Junior
68%match
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-0.31 impact · 10.7 pts · 4.2 reb · 1 ast
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USC teammates

Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).