Shaq's daughter will transfer from Florida to SEC rival Kentucky
Me'Arah O'Neal, the daughter of NBA great Shaquille O'Neal, will transfer within the SEC from Florida to Kentucky for women's basketball.
Shaquille O'Neal's youngest daughter is leaving the Florida women's basketball team for another SEC rival. Me'Arah O'Neal announced her commitment to Kentucky on Monday, April 27 via social media after electing to enter the transfer portal earlier this month . She averaged 13.
4 points, 6. 4 rebounds and 1. 4 blocks per game as a sophomore with the Gators, who fired coach Kelly Rae Finley after the program missed the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season.
O'Neal was a McDonald's all-American as a recruit and her father, the 15-time NBA All-Star, recently declared her to be "the best athlete in the family … She makes me jealous. I wish I could shoot like that. " OFFSEASON: Winners, losers of women’s college basketball transfer portal so far There are three other O'Neal children to have played college basketball.
Shareef played men's basketball at UCLA and LSU, Amirah played women's basketball at LSU and Texas Southern. Another brother, Shaqir, averaged 5. 3 points this past season at Sacramento State, where Shaquille O'Neal currently serves as the men's basketball general manager for coach Mike Bibby.