BTN.com staff, May 4, 2013

Darius Paul, the younger brother of Illini product Brandon Paul, tweeted late Saturday night that he is transferring to Illinois. Paul, who must sit out the 2013-14 season due to NCAA transfer rules, averaged 10.4 points and 5.7 rebounds as a freshman at Western Michigan.

https://twitter.com/D_Raw35/status/330885872268505088

Illinois has yet confirm the transfer. For what it's worth, Brandon welcomed his younger brother to the Illini family. Here's that tweet:

Paul, a 6-foot-8, 220-pound forward, was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year.

Here is Paul's 2012-13 game log:

Date Opp Result Min FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA OR TR A Stl Blk TO PF Pts
11/10 @Cor L 55-63 22 3 9 0 1 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 8
11/13 Marygr W 85-40 22 3 7 0 1 5 6 4 5 1 1 0 1 2 11
11/16 Ly-Il W 81-71 30 6 10 0 1 2 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 3 14
11/17 @Md-ES W 68-51 30 6 11 0 1 1 3 4 8 4 1 0 1 1 13
11/18 @SoFla W 58-53 34 5 12 2 4 2 2 2 8 1 0 0 3 3 14
11/29 HighPt W 54-53 26 4 9 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 3 4 10
12/1 Oak W 76-72 31 5 8 0 1 2 4 4 9 1 1 0 1 2 12
12/4 @Mich L 41-73 29 3 12 0 3 4 7 4 10 2 0 1 2 4 10
12/8 @IllSt L 63-85 32 4 10 0 2 6 8 3 7 2 0 2 2 4 14
12/16 @HighPt W 70-64 25 4 9 0 0 2 5 5 10 0 0 0 3 4 10
12/19 @Duq L 66-71 31 4 11 0 3 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 2 3 9
12/22 MSM W 87-66 23 7 11 0 1 5 8 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 19
12/29 @NCSU L 68-84 34 5 17 0 4 2 2 7 10 3 0 0 1 4 12
1/9 @Akron L 43-65 27 3 9 0 2 0 0 4 6 0 0 1 4 2 6
1/12 Ohio L 59-61 22 1 5 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 3 1 2 4
1/16 Toledo W 79-56 27 6 10 0 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 15
1/19 @NIU W 71-34 16 1 2 0 0 4 4 2 7 1 1 0 4 3 6
1/23 EastMi W 63-59 23 4 5 0 0 3 4 4 9 4 0 0 2 3 11
1/26 @CentMi W 76-59 15 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 4 3 4
1/30 @Mia-O W 72-68 33 5 7 0 0 2 3 1 7 5 0 1 2 3 12
2/2 Buff W 71-60 25 6 14 0 0 3 7 6 8 1 1 1 3 2 15
2/6 KentSt W 82-76 19 3 7 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 3 3 8
2/9 @BallSt L 62-65 27 5 9 1 3 2 3 3 11 1 2 0 5 4 13
2/13 @BGSU L 60-70 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 2
2/16 NIU W 66-58 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
2/23 Pac W 67-62 26 5 8 2 2 1 2 4 6 4 0 1 4 2 13
2/27 @Toledo W 65-62 32 9 16 2 4 8 9 7 12 3 0 0 2 2 28
3/2 @EastMi L 49-50 28 2 6 0 1 4 8 1 5 0 1 0 4 4 8
3/5 BallSt L 85-89 24 3 6 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 6
3/9 CentMi W 71-68 19 5 9 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12
3/14 EastMi W 70-55 32 5 8 0 0 4 6 3 7 3 0 0 0 3 14
3/15 @Ohio L 63-74 24 6 7 1 2 3 4 3 4 0 1 0 1 3 16
3/20 NDakSt W 72-71 21 3 11 0 1 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 6
3/25 @Wyo W 75-67 23 4 9 0 2 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 1 4 8
3/27 @GMason L 52-62 18 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 5 2