Former Boston College guard Claudell Harris became the third transfer portal acquisition this offseason for Mississippi State, joining guard Kanye Clary from Penn State and big man Michael Nwoko from Miami.
Harris will be a senior with one year of eligibility remaining after spending his first two collegiate seasons at Charleston Southern. He averaged 10.3 points per game as a freshman with the Buccaneers, then bumped that up to 17.4 points per game as a sophomore, including back-to-back games with more than 30 points in mid-January.
With the Eagles, Harris averaged 13.7 points per contest, shooting 37 percent from 3-point range. Along with Clary and Josh Hubbard, the Bulldogs will have easily their best cast of outside shooters so far under head coach Chris Jans. Harris started 28 out of 35 games for Boston College, putting up 27 points in an upset win over Clemson in the ACC Tournament.
MSU also received some good news regarding the frontcourt as forward KeShawn Murphy, who entered the transfer portal on Apr. 10, has withdrawn from the portal and will remain with the Bulldogs for the 2024-25 season. Murphy averaged 4.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game this past season but came on strong after returning from a monthlong absence in early February.
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