Nik Graves will transfer to Creighton after leading Charlotte in scoring this season, and Mountain West freshman and defensive player of the year Magoon Gwath of San Diego State announced he would remove his name from the transfer portal.
Ascension Sports, which represents Graves, made the announcement about Graves' decision on social media Wednesday. Graves is the second major transfer portal addition for the Bluejays. They landed center Owen Freeman from Iowa last week.
Graves scored 17.5 points per game for the 49ers to rank fifth in the American Athletic Conference. He started all 33 games, shot 32.8% on 3-pointers and averaged 4.3 rebounds and 34.3 minutes per game. He scored a season-high 32 points against East Carolina on March 2.
The 7-foot, 190-pound Gwath started 26 games and averaged 8.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game. He had considered moving to Kentucky before deciding to exit the portal. Gwath missed last season because of a foot injury and had to take a redshirt season. This season he missed five games with a knee injury.
Gwath said on social media that he would go through an NBA draft evaluation before making a final decision on whether to return to school.
“If I return to school next season, it will be as an Aztec!” he wrote.
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