Former UK guard Travis Perry commits to his next college basketball stop

Travis Perry has chosen his next college basketball stop.

On Thursday night, Perry — a 6-foot-1 guard who played one season each at Kentucky and Ole Miss — committed to Dayton out of the NCAA transfer portal. On3’s Joe Tipton was the first to report Perry’s commitment to the Flyers.

This past season as a sophomore at Ole Miss, Perry averaged 5.3 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He shot 34.3% from the field, 35.3% on 3-pointers and 88.0% from the free-throw line.

Perry played in 35 games for Ole Miss, starting 16 of those contests. He averaged 16.4 minutes per game at Ole Miss.

Across the board, Perry improved his numbers this past season as a sophomore compared to his freshman year with the Wildcats.

During his first college season in Lexington, Perry made 31 appearances and started four times. He averaged 2.7 points per game and shot 32.1% from 3-point range for Mark Pope’s first Kentucky team.

Perry arrived in Lexington as a four-star high school recruit following a distinguished prep career in the commonwealth at Lyon County. Perry was the 2024 Kentucky Mr. Basketball award winner and led the Lyons to that year’s Sweet 16 state championship.

In March 2023, Perry became the all-time leading scorer in Kentucky boys high school basketball history while a junior at Lyon County.

Perry was a late addition to the transfer portal last year, when he opted to leave UK for Ole Miss. Perry’s departure contributed to Kentucky’s lack of point guard depth this past season.

Ole Miss struggled for most of the 2025-26 season with Perry on its roster. Ole Miss went 15-20 overall and 4-14 in SEC regular season games. But, Ole Miss made a surprising run to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament.

Perry was instrumental to Ole Miss’ success during that stretch. He started all of Ole Miss’ games in the conference tournament and recorded eight assists against three turnovers in that event.

Now, Perry is set to play his junior year of college basketball for Anthony Grant’s Dayton program. The Flyers most recently reached the NCAA Tournament in 2024.

Cameron Drummond

Lexington Herald-Leader

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Cameron Drummond works as a sports reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader with a focus on Kentucky men’s basketball recruiting and the UK men’s basketball team, horse racing, soccer and other sports in Central Kentucky. Drummond is a second-generation American who was born and raised in Texas, before graduating from Indiana University. He is a fluent Spanish speaker who previously worked as a community news reporter in Austin, Texas. Support my work with a digital subscription