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Men’s Basketball: Ques Glover will provide depth to the Ohio State backcourt
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With the season-ending injury to Taison Chatman, the Buckeyes turn to veteran Ques Glover to help fill that void.
When Taison Chatman went down with a season-ending injury in summer practice, it was clear the Buckeyes had to add another guard to help fill depth. Bruce Thornton and Meechie Johnson are the starters, with incoming freshman Juni Mobley being the only backup guard.
Enter Ques Glover.
Glover comes to Columbus as his fifth collegiate stop, but only the third school where he will actually suit up and play basketball. Glover started his career at Florida, where he averaged 4.4 points per game in 31 appearances his freshman season and 2.5 points per game in 20 contests his sophomore season.
After two seasons at Florida, Glover transferred to Samford, where he excelled as a scorer, averaging 19.2 points per game in his first season in 29 games played (28 starts). He also averaged 4.4 assists and 2.8 rebounds.
In his second season at Samford, he dealt with an injury. He averaged 14.7 points per game in 19 games, 18 of which he started. He bumped his three-point percentage up to 37.8 percent from 30.8 percent the previous season. He was named All-Southern in both of his seasons at Samford.
After his second season at Samford, he transferred to BYU, but never played there. He then transferred to Kansas State for his final season. Unfortunately, he dealt with multiple lower-body injuries that kept him out for the entire season.
He received a medical redshirt for his final season, and Ohio State became his final destination.
So far in his career, he has played 99 games and has averaged 10.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. He has shot 46.1 percent from the field, 30.6 percent from three, and 78.2 percent from the free-throw line.
Now, Glover becomes an important piece for the Buckeyes, as they needed to add a guard after Chatman’s injury, which will see the sophomore guard miss the entire season. Roddy Gayle and Dale Bonner are gone from last season, and Johnson has reentered the program.
Johnson will join two-year point guard Bruce Thornton as the starters and mainstays in the backcourt. However, with those two starting and Chatman missing the season, that left only the freshman Mobley as depth.
Glover will come in and provide help in that area, but he has not played competitive basketball since 2022-23 and comes into Columbus with little in the way of expectations since he hasn’t been put in the game for over a year.
When it comes to minutes, Thornton and Johnson will likely play the most on the team, in the 31-34 minutes a game range — possibly even more. They will also want to get Mobley on the floor as soon as possible, with his ability to shoot the ball and create his own shot, so they won’t need Glover to give them 20-25 minutes per game. In all likelihood, Glover will come in and play 12-15 minutes off the bench and give the Buckeyes a scoring boost while giving Thornton and Johnson rest.
However, there will be games he comes in and gets hot, and it will be interesting to see how far they will ride him in those games.
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justingolba via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Joshua L. Jones via Imagn Content Services, LLC
With the season-ending injury to Taison Chatman, the Buckeyes turn to veteran Ques Glover to help fill that void.
When Taison Chatman went down with a season-ending injury in summer practice, it was clear the Buckeyes had to add another guard to help fill depth. Bruce Thornton and Meechie Johnson are the starters, with incoming freshman Juni Mobley being the only backup guard.
Enter Ques Glover.
Glover comes to Columbus as his fifth collegiate stop, but only the third school where he will actually suit up and play basketball. Glover started his career at Florida, where he averaged 4.4 points per game in 31 appearances his freshman season and 2.5 points per game in 20 contests his sophomore season.
After two seasons at Florida, Glover transferred to Samford, where he excelled as a scorer, averaging 19.2 points per game in his first season in 29 games played (28 starts). He also averaged 4.4 assists and 2.8 rebounds.
In his second season at Samford, he dealt with an injury. He averaged 14.7 points per game in 19 games, 18 of which he started. He bumped his three-point percentage up to 37.8 percent from 30.8 percent the previous season. He was named All-Southern in both of his seasons at Samford.
After his second season at Samford, he transferred to BYU, but never played there. He then transferred to Kansas State for his final season. Unfortunately, he dealt with multiple lower-body injuries that kept him out for the entire season.
He received a medical redshirt for his final season, and Ohio State became his final destination.
So far in his career, he has played 99 games and has averaged 10.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. He has shot 46.1 percent from the field, 30.6 percent from three, and 78.2 percent from the free-throw line.
Now, Glover becomes an important piece for the Buckeyes, as they needed to add a guard after Chatman’s injury, which will see the sophomore guard miss the entire season. Roddy Gayle and Dale Bonner are gone from last season, and Johnson has reentered the program.
Johnson will join two-year point guard Bruce Thornton as the starters and mainstays in the backcourt. However, with those two starting and Chatman missing the season, that left only the freshman Mobley as depth.
Glover will come in and provide help in that area, but he has not played competitive basketball since 2022-23 and comes into Columbus with little in the way of expectations since he hasn’t been put in the game for over a year.
When it comes to minutes, Thornton and Johnson will likely play the most on the team, in the 31-34 minutes a game range — possibly even more. They will also want to get Mobley on the floor as soon as possible, with his ability to shoot the ball and create his own shot, so they won’t need Glover to give them 20-25 minutes per game. In all likelihood, Glover will come in and play 12-15 minutes off the bench and give the Buckeyes a scoring boost while giving Thornton and Johnson rest.
However, there will be games he comes in and gets hot, and it will be interesting to see how far they will ride him in those games.
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