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Basketball graduate transfer Nate Sestina commits to play for Kentucky

Nate Sestina, left, a graduate transfer who is expected to be in Lexington for a UK visit this week, averaged 15.8 points and 8.5 rebounds this season for Bucknell. Marco Garcia AP

For the second consecutive season, the Kentucky basketball team will have a graduate transfer on the court.

Bucknell standout Nate Sestina has committed to transfer to UK to play his final season of college basketball. The 6-foot-9, 245-pound power forward from Emporium, Pa., averaged 15.8 points and 8.5 rebounds per game for the Bison this past season. He also made 41 of 108 three-point attempts (38.