Bonnies land Houston transfer McGloster

June 23, 2009

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. - St. Bonaventure men's basketball head coach Mark Schmidt announced on Tuesday afternoon that Horace McGloster has signed an athletics grant-in-aid to transfer to St. Bonaventure from the University of Houston.

A 6-foot-7 wing, McGloster will have two seasons of eligibility remaining after he sits out the 2009-10 season per NCAA four-year transfer guidelines.

"Horace is a great kid who will come in and compete hard in practice this year and by 2010-11 will be ready to make an impact," said Schmidt. "He's a long and athletic wing and with John Hall graduating after next season we'll need someone to step into that role. His experience at Houston combined with a year of getting stronger and improving his skill level will really benefit him. We're excited about having Horace join our program."

Over the past two seasons, McGloster saw time in 44 games on a Houston team that won a combined 45 games over that span and made a pair of postseason appearances in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). McGloster averaged 8.4 minutes over 25 games in 2008-09, scoring 2.0 points per game while finishing fourth on the team with eight blocks. The athletic swingman accumulated double-digit offensive rebound totals in each of his two seasons.

McGloster completed his high school career at Malcolm X Shabazz in his hometown of Newark, N.J. where he was a two-time Watchung Conference Player of the Year. As a senior in 2005-06, McGloster averaged 21 points, 17 rebounds and seven blocks per game for head coach Lou Grimsley. Ranked as one of the top 36 players in the New York, Philadelphia, Delaware and New Jersey region by MetroHoops, McGloster was a nominee for the 2006 McDonald's All-American team.

McGloster played a year of prep at Genesis One Christian School in Mendenhall, Miss. in 2006-07, where he averaged 14 points and six rebounds per game on a team that featured six players that signed with Division I schools.