Going Portaling: Luke McEldon
What does the Mount St. Mary’s transfer bring to the table?
As of this writing, Northwestern has landed four incoming transfers in the portal. The first, Jack Karasinski, I wrote about here . The other three and future adds (Northwestern has just nine players on its roster right now) will be covered in the coming weeks.
Today, we’ll take a look at the lone center landed by the Wildcats so far, Luke McEldon. McEldon transfers in from Mount St. Mary’s where he scored 11.
7 points per game and cleared 6. 2 rebounds a night. The London native led the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in field goal percentage at 64.
5%, as well as effective field goal percentage, which he posted the same number for. There’s a lot to like about the way McEldon plays, but some questions about his role on the offensive end and whether his game comes with the requisite scalability to the Big Ten after barely seeing the floor in two seasons at Santa Clara prior to his junior campaign in Maryland. All stats sourced from College Basketball Reference and Hoop Explorer unless otherwise noted.
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