UCI’s Peace and Codi transfer out

DeVaughn Peace and Ryan Codi, two of four redshirt freshmen who were

projected to provide a boost for the UC Irvine men’s basketball team

last season, will transfer to community colleges this fall, Anteaters

Coach Pat Douglass said on Saturday.

“That opens up a couple of scholarships for us,” Douglass said.

“We’re in the process of filling those out, but we have not done so.

I don’t know if they will get filled before the season but we will

have to wait and see.”

Codi, a 7-foot-1, 220-pound center, will transfer to Orange Coast

College and play for Coach Steve Spencer, who guided the Pirates to a

20-13 record in his second year. Codi averaged 17.8 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.4 blocked shots as a senior at Prairie High in

Washington. After redshirting his freshman season, Codi played in

three games for UCI.

Peace, who was a standout at Bishop Montgomery High, will transfer

to a community college in Southern California. Peace, whose name was

shouted for by UCI students toward the end of home games last year,

was one of the Anteaters’ four redshirt freshmen, who also included

Jeff Gloger and Ross Schraeder.

Douglass said UCI has 11 players on scholarship, leaving two

available.

-- by Steve Virgen