Men’s Basketball Loses Another, But Gets Two More

Shawn Grant is the second Retriever to seek transfer this off-season.

According to Jeff Goodman of foxsports.com Shawn Grant has been granted his release from his scholarship and will be able to seek transfer to another school.

Grant, a native of San Jose, Cali. said he will look to transfer to a place closer to home. He also said that Coach Randy Monroe was very understanding of his decision and that Monroe told him that if he were to reconsider his decision he could have his scholarship back.

The freshman guard finished the season fourth on the team in scoring with 8.1 points per game. He also led the team in three-point percentage, shooting 34.9%. He led the team with 17 points in the team’s opening round loss to Vermont in the America East Conference Tournament and also scored 28 points against Towson, matching Chris De La Rosa’s total against Pennsylvania for the most scored by a player this season.

But also according to Goodman, UMBC will bring in a transfer of their own 6’2″ guard Travis King, a junior from George Washington. King suffered injuries throughout his career at George Washington, who UMBC lost to 94-51 this season, but averaged 11.3 minutes in 30 games this season, making one starts. He scored 2.8 points per game and shot 39.2% from the floor this season. However, due to his graduation from George Washington this spring, King will be eligible to play right away next fall as graduate students do not need to sit out one year for transfer.

Also, UMBC received a commitment from Matt Conway, a 6’7″ forward from Sarasota, Fla. who is playing post-graduate basketball at St. Thomas More in Connecticut.