{"id":145340,"date":"2025-09-15T16:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/145340\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:26:10","slug":"report-three-star-forward-dionycius-bakare-decommits-from-penn-state-hoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/145340\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Three-Star Forward Dionycius Bakare Decommits From Penn State Hoops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Class of 2026 three-star small forward Dionycius Bakare has decommitted from Penn State basketball, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Joe_NPH\/status\/1966503038236946897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according to Joe Moussa<\/a>. Bakare had been committed to the Nittany Lions since <a href=\"https:\/\/onwardstate.com\/2025\/07\/07\/forward-dionycius-bakare-commits-to-penn-state-hoops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">July 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bakare, a 6\u20195\u2033 wing, hasn\u2019t formally announced his decision on social media but has already picked up new offers from USC, Illinois, and Cal. Despite reopening his recruitment, Bakare told Moussa he is close to making a decision.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian forward previously chose Penn State over several Power Six programs and had been seen as one of Mike Rhoades\u2019 early pieces in the Class of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>With Bakare\u2019s decommitment, the Nittany Lions\u2019 2026 recruiting class only holds one committed player in Jamison White, as Rhoades and his coaching staff regroup ahead of the next recruiting cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Please choose an option below.<\/p>\n<p>\tSign up for our e-mail newsletter: <\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Onward-State-Lion-2.png\" class=\"avatar avatar-full photo\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>Ryan is a sophomore from Yonkers, New York. He loves the New York Rangers and Boston Celtics, specifically Jayson Tatum (get better soon champ). Dm him on instagram (@ryanmcinerneyy) or shoot him an email (<a href=\"https:\/\/onwardstate.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"d2a0b8bfe5e6e0e592a2a1a7fcb7b6a7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>) to talk Penn State sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Class of 2026 three-star small forward Dionycius Bakare has decommitted from Penn State basketball, according to Joe Moussa.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,98538,64385,98539,98540,98541,98542,44,98543,3374,98544,98545,98546,98547,98548,98549,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-145340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-basketball-recruit","12":"tag-big-ten","13":"tag-big-ten-basketball","14":"tag-dionycius-bakare","15":"tag-dionycius-bakare-decommit","16":"tag-mike-rhoades","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-onward-state","19":"tag-penn-state","20":"tag-penn-state-basketball","21":"tag-penn-state-basketball-commit","22":"tag-penn-state-decommit","23":"tag-penn-state-hoops","24":"tag-penn-state-recruit","25":"tag-psu","26":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}