Overview
- Penn State adds Miami (OH) forward Brant Byers from the transfer portal after recent exits that included guard Kayden Mingo and assistant Jamal Brunt leaving for Syracuse.
- Byers, a 6-foot-8 Chambersburg, Pa., native, earned Second Team All-MAC honors and averaged 14.2 points and 4.1 rebounds on 47.8% shooting with 39% from three this season.
- Across two seasons at Miami, he hit 40.1% from beyond the arc on 4.5 attempts per game and drew 4.8 free throws per game as a sophomore, showing off-the-dribble scoring.
- He helped the RedHawks finish 32-2 and win a First Four game over SMU in the NCAA Tournament.
- Penn State went 12-20 with three Big Ten wins and shot 32.4% from three last season, so his size and spacing address a clear need in Mike Rhoades’s offense.