In-state 2025 forward Trent Sisley calls up IU basketball – The Daily Hoosier

IU basketball has made its first commitment to the class of 2025.

And he’s a player Indiana fans have come to know well over the years.

In-state forward Trent Sisley announced Monday afternoon that he has committed to play for the Hoosiers. His father confirmed the decision with TDH on Monday morning. The news comes just a day after he completed an official visit to the Bloomington campus during his senior year.

“It felt like coming home,” Sisley told On3’s Joe Tipton on Monday. “I could just feel how much coach Woodson and the whole staff wanted me, the whole staff wanted me throughout the recruiting process. And lastly, just the opportunity to contribute.”

Sisley chose Indiana over Purdue, Notre Dame, Michigan State and Iowa.

The announcement marks the culmination of a three-year process by the IU staff. Indiana offered Sisley in October 2021, just before the start of his freshman season at Heritage Hills HS in southern Indiana.

And Sisley turned out to be the high-end candidate that everyone expected at the time.

The 6-foot-7 Sisley is a 4-star recruit according to the On3 Industry Average. He is the No. 78 overall player in the 2025 class.

Sisley played three years at Heritage Hills (Lincoln City, Ind.) and averaged 24 points, 11.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.9 steals per game as a junior. He shot 60 percent from the field and 35 percent from three on 78 attempts.

For his senior year, he transferred to the national preparatory school Montverde Academy, where he continued his preparation for college football.

“It’s all about improving myself, developing,” Sisley told The Daily Hoosier in July. “Coach (Kevin) Boyle, great coach, highly respected, so I just want to go out there, work on my skills, get a little more perimeter-oriented and get ready for college.”

Sisley has been working on developing his wing skills over the past year and hopes to fill a role at IU similar to Mackenzie Mgbako’s as a hybrid forward who can make three-pointers.

“Obviously he (Mgbako) shot a lot of three-pointers last year and made a lot of three-pointers and he’s pretty physical, so I think that’s a good comparison. I would say that’s fair,” Sisley told TDH in July.

Sisley was a teammate of IU 2025 recruiting target Braylon Mullins on the Adidas Circuit this spring and summer. Now, he’ll turn his attention to helping the IU staff land Mullins, along with another former AAU teammate, in-state guard/wing Jalen Haralson.

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