<p>WACO, Texas &mdash; National champion Baylor is adding transfer guard James Akinjo, the leading scorer for Arizona last season.</p>
<p>Coach Scott Drew announced Wednesday that Akinjo has signed with the Bears. The 6-foot-1 guard is expected to join the team this summer and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.</p>
<p>Akinjo averaged 15.6 points and 5.4 assists while starting all 26 games in his only season at Arizona after starting his college career at Georgetown. He was a second-team Associated Press All-Pac 12 pick for the Wildcats, who had a recent coaching change.</p>
<p>“James brings a wealth of experience at the high-major level and is a proven all-conference performer,” Drew said. “He’s an extremely hard worker who is a tremendous culture fit. We can’t wait to get him on campus and into our program this summer.”</p>
<p>Akinjo will join a Baylor team that is expected to lose All-America junior guard Jared Butler to the NBA draft, along with fellow guards MaCio Teague and Davion Mitchell. They were the top three scorers for the Bears.</p>
<p>Akinjo started 32 and played in all 33 games for Georgetown as a true freshman during the 2018-19 season, when he averaged 13.4 points and 5.2 assists per game. The Oakland, California, native started the first seven games of his 2019-20 sophomore season before transferring midseason to Arizona, where he sat out the remainder of that season.</p>
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