Three Duquesne University basketball players who received releases from their scholarships when Ron Everhart was hired as coach this spring are transferring in the fall.

Ronnie Thomas, a 6-foot-9 sophomore who averaged 4.0 points and 2.1 rebounds, is headed to Division I Wright State, which was 13-15 this season. He will sit out 2006-07 and will have three years' eligibility.

"He's a very skilled post player whom I remember watching as a high school senior," Wright State coach Brad Brownell said of Thomas, a native of Middlebury, Ind., who played at Northridge High School. "We feel he will become a very good player in the Horizon League."

Sophomore forward Chauncey Duke, who started 26 games and averaged 8.2 points and 4.6 rebounds, is headed to Kentucky Wesleyan, a Division II school, where he will be eligible immediately. He will have two more years to play.

Redshirt freshman forward Brian Kelly, who averaged 3.3 points and 2.3 rebounds in 27 games, is headed to Clayton State University, a Division II school, in Morrow, Ga. Kelly, a Decatur, Ga., native will have three years' eligibility.

Sophomore forward DeVario Hudson, the team's second-leading scorer (9.4 ppg) and rebounder (5.4 rpg), still is undecided and 6-10 redshirt sophomore Sean McKeon (3.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg) has talked to IUP of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.