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Ques Glover wants to be a “spark” in his final college season
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The sixth-year senior guard has scored 24 points in his last two games off the bench.
Ques Glover has over 100 college games under his belt. He’s scored 1,000 career points, earned all-conference honors, and was the leading scorer at Samford from 2021-2023. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Samford two years ago.
The 6-foot-tall, 24-year old guard is in his final collegiate season, but right now his focus is on being a spark for his teammates.
Glover had another great game on Sunday afternoon against Indiana State, an Ohio State win. He set season-highs in minutes played (27), points (15), and assists (five). Afterwards, he said his goal is just to be a spark for his teammates off the bench.
“Me and my teammate Aaron Bradshaw here, we just made it a talking point for each other. Coming off the bench, we have to be a spark. I feel like these last two games we’ve done that.” Glover said Sunday night. “Before every game we say to each other – we have to be the spark. We have to bring the energy. I feel like we’ve been pretty successful at that.”
Aside from John Mobley Jr., who has played 34, 36, and 34 minutes in the last three games, nobody’s role has grown more in Meechie Johnson’s absence than Glover. After missing eight games with a sprained ankle suffered in Ohio State’s loss to Texas A&M on Nov. 15, Glover came back for the CBS Sports Classic and scored a quick nine points on 4-of-6 shooting against the No. 4 Wildcats in just 15 minutes. He hit his only three-point try and grabbed three rebounds, too.
Had it not been for a quick whistle in the second half of the Indiana State game, Glover likely would’ve topped 30 minutes in a game for the first time since Feb. 2023. Five minutes into the second half, Glover picked up his second foul of the game. Two minutes later, he picked up his third, and 27 seconds later he was charged with his fourth.
Three fouls in just over two minutes of game time landed him on the bench for several minutes. He’d played 20 minutes at that point and had scored 12 points. He finished with 15 points over 27 minutes.
Through five games this year, Glover is averaging seven points and 1.6 assists per game. He’s shooting 56% overall and 56% from three-point range. His role is increasing with each game played.
After Taison Chatman hurt his knee in the spring, Ohio State needed to add another guard. The Buckeyes added Glover as a “preferred walk-on” just a few weeks before classes started in the fall, with the caveat that his NIL compensation would more than cover his tuition and housing. What looked like a panic pivot may turn out to be a season-changing roster move now, especially with Johnson’s future up in the air.
“Coach Diebler told me when I committed here that he had a lot of faith in me.” Glover said Sunday night.
“He needed me to be a high assist guy and get my teammates involved and be a connector. I feel like that’s what I’ve been trying to excel at. When I was out, I was trying to figure out how I could implement all of those things into my game. That’s been my goal.”
Jake Diebler echoed that sentiment, saying that it didn’t seem that Glover was actually out for as long as he was, since the senior guard has been so vocal and important in practices over the past month.
“Since he was out, he’s been vocal in practice. He’s been dialed in. So there wasn’t this lull for him upon his return I think, because he handled it really, really well. His efficiency has been really good. Five assists (tonight), no turnovers. He’s been really good.”
There have been games each of the last three seasons where it looks like Ohio State’s only hope on offense was to get the ball to Bruce Thornton and pray. Sophomore Devin Royal looked like the only player capable of anything during the two ass-kickings Ohio State took from Maryland and Auburn this year.
Diebler and his team spoke about depth a lot during the summer, but there have been moments this year where it’s been very easy to question if this team actually has the depth and talent to compete.
A win over a top five Kentucky team and a third 100-point game has done some to assuage those concerns from fans. There’s a long way to go, and Ohio State has five Quad-1 opportunities In January to either sweeten or dampen its NCAA Tournament resume. But Glover has looked more and more confident the last two games, which can only be a good thing for Ohio State.
“My teammates and coaches believe in us to make big plays. Coming into the gym every day and knowing that our coaches and teammates believe in us is unbelievable. Like, we have to do it, because they believe in us.”
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Connor Lemons via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
John Jones-Imagn Images
The sixth-year senior guard has scored 24 points in his last two games off the bench.
Ques Glover has over 100 college games under his belt. He’s scored 1,000 career points, earned all-conference honors, and was the leading scorer at Samford from 2021-2023. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Samford two years ago.
The 6-foot-tall, 24-year old guard is in his final collegiate season, but right now his focus is on being a spark for his teammates.
Glover had another great game on Sunday afternoon against Indiana State, an Ohio State win. He set season-highs in minutes played (27), points (15), and assists (five). Afterwards, he said his goal is just to be a spark for his teammates off the bench.
“Me and my teammate Aaron Bradshaw here, we just made it a talking point for each other. Coming off the bench, we have to be a spark. I feel like these last two games we’ve done that.” Glover said Sunday night. “Before every game we say to each other – we have to be the spark. We have to bring the energy. I feel like we’ve been pretty successful at that.”
Aside from John Mobley Jr., who has played 34, 36, and 34 minutes in the last three games, nobody’s role has grown more in Meechie Johnson’s absence than Glover. After missing eight games with a sprained ankle suffered in Ohio State’s loss to Texas A&M on Nov. 15, Glover came back for the CBS Sports Classic and scored a quick nine points on 4-of-6 shooting against the No. 4 Wildcats in just 15 minutes. He hit his only three-point try and grabbed three rebounds, too.
Had it not been for a quick whistle in the second half of the Indiana State game, Glover likely would’ve topped 30 minutes in a game for the first time since Feb. 2023. Five minutes into the second half, Glover picked up his second foul of the game. Two minutes later, he picked up his third, and 27 seconds later he was charged with his fourth.
Three fouls in just over two minutes of game time landed him on the bench for several minutes. He’d played 20 minutes at that point and had scored 12 points. He finished with 15 points over 27 minutes.
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— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) December 29, 2024
Through five games this year, Glover is averaging seven points and 1.6 assists per game. He’s shooting 56% overall and 56% from three-point range. His role is increasing with each game played.
After Taison Chatman hurt his knee in the spring, Ohio State needed to add another guard. The Buckeyes added Glover as a “preferred walk-on” just a few weeks before classes started in the fall, with the caveat that his NIL compensation would more than cover his tuition and housing. What looked like a panic pivot may turn out to be a season-changing roster move now, especially with Johnson’s future up in the air.
“Coach Diebler told me when I committed here that he had a lot of faith in me.” Glover said Sunday night.
“He needed me to be a high assist guy and get my teammates involved and be a connector. I feel like that’s what I’ve been trying to excel at. When I was out, I was trying to figure out how I could implement all of those things into my game. That’s been my goal.”
Jake Diebler echoed that sentiment, saying that it didn’t seem that Glover was actually out for as long as he was, since the senior guard has been so vocal and important in practices over the past month.
“Since he was out, he’s been vocal in practice. He’s been dialed in. So there wasn’t this lull for him upon his return I think, because he handled it really, really well. His efficiency has been really good. Five assists (tonight), no turnovers. He’s been really good.”
There have been games each of the last three seasons where it looks like Ohio State’s only hope on offense was to get the ball to Bruce Thornton and pray. Sophomore Devin Royal looked like the only player capable of anything during the two ass-kickings Ohio State took from Maryland and Auburn this year.
Diebler and his team spoke about depth a lot during the summer, but there have been moments this year where it’s been very easy to question if this team actually has the depth and talent to compete.
A win over a top five Kentucky team and a third 100-point game has done some to assuage those concerns from fans. There’s a long way to go, and Ohio State has five Quad-1 opportunities In January to either sweeten or dampen its NCAA Tournament resume. But Glover has looked more and more confident the last two games, which can only be a good thing for Ohio State.
“My teammates and coaches believe in us to make big plays. Coming into the gym every day and knowing that our coaches and teammates believe in us is unbelievable. Like, we have to do it, because they believe in us.”
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