Kidd set to leave North Carolina Central

DURHAM, North Carolina  — This time, a bigger bird is leaving the Eagles’ nest.  Stanton Kidd, the third-leading scorer in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference this past season, no longer is a member of N.C. Central’s basketball team. He wants to transfer to a basketball program with a higher profile, and NCCU has granted his release.

“Stanton Kidd is one of my favorite people,” NCCU coach LeVelle Moton said. “I feel blessed to have coached an outstanding basketball player, but more importantly, an even better person. Stanton was such an integral part of our team this past season, and it will be disappointing to see him go.

“He is a super kid with amazing parents and was on schedule to graduate in May. However, this is the business of college basketball, and Stanton, along with his family, decided that he needed to play at a program that will give him national notoriety to pursue his NBA dreams.”

If Kidd goes to another Division I program, NCAA rules would force him to miss the upcoming season.

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