PEORIA, IL - JoJo McGlaston, a 6-foot-5 wing player from Dublin, CA (Dublin High School), who played his first two season at Utah State, will join the Braves as a redshirt junior with two years of eligibilty remaining after returning his signed NLI to the school Friday night.
McGlaston comes to Bradley from Diablo Valley College, after transferring from Utah State, where he started seven games as a sophomore in 2014-15 and played in 54 games overall during his two years with the Aggies. During his sophomore season, McGlaston averaged 5.6 points and 3.0 rebounds in 21.8 minutes per game and he corralled at least five rebounds in seven games, including a career-best 10 boards at UNLV Jan. 24, 2015. He shot 35.7 percent (30-84) from 3-point range during his two seasons with the Aggies, but opted to transfer after longtime Utah State head coach Stew Morrill retired.
"JoJo brings great experience to our program," said Bradley head coach Brian Wardle. "He has produced and won at a high level of college basketball. He is a long, athletic playmaker that can score the basketball and effect the game in a lot of ways. He can give us an immediate impact in transitioning to the way my teams have played in the past and the way we want to play here at Bradley, aggressive defensively and attacking offensively."
McGlaston becomes the the sixth member of Bradley's recruiting class, joining a quintet of incoming freshmen: 6-foot-10 center Koch Bar; point guard Darrell Brown, Jr.; point guard Jayden Hodgson; shooting guard Nate Kennell; and wing Jerome Merritt. McGlaston will join forwards Alex Foster and Donte Thomas in Bradley's 3-man junior class.
"We had a very productive recruiting period and feel really good about the student-athletes we have coming in this summer," said Wardle. "Our approach to recruiting has always been to evaluate with our eyes and not our ears. We filter out a lot of the outside noise and emotion and dial in on who is the best fit for our long-term success.
"We target players who possess the Bradley DNA: high character, degree driven, tough, competitive, winners, high motor, work ethic, coachable and an upside to develop," Wardle added. "The players we have coming in for next season fit this mold. We have done a lot of homework on their character and have watched them play live and watched film on them and believe we are bringing in the right pieces for our puzzle. The future is bright and we are ready to get to work."
