As of now, Alonzo Gaffney has a new home.
After leaving Ohio State, the former top-50 high school prospect has signed with junior college Northwest Florida State College. Gaffney’s original intent in leaving the team was reportedly to pursue professional options, but he soon entered the transfer portal.
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“It’s a great feeling to join a program like Northwest Florida and I can’t wait to start the process of preparing for the season,” Gaffney said in a statement. “I have a great connection with Coach Pierre. The environment at NWF is great, it just felt like the right fit.”
When Gaffney committed to Ohio State, he a was five-star prospect and the top-ranked Ohioan in the 2019 cycle. His rating slipped a bit from there, but he still arrived at Ohio State as the No. 50 player in the nation and the No. 2 player in the state of Ohio.
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Even after the lofty grades at high school, Gafney was unable to reach his freshman season’s daily rotation with the Buckeyes and as the year went by, his playing time only declined. Gaffney was on the court for at least nine minutes in five of the season’s first seven games but only once the rest of the season cracked six minutes of action.
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Gaffney appeared in 17 games off the bench in his lone season at Columbus during the 2019-20 season, averaging 1.8 points and 1.4 rebounds in 6.7 minutes per game. The 6-foot-9, 198-pound forward shot 56.5 percent from the ground, went from the 3-point range 1-of-6 and from the free-throw line 3-of-8. He had twelve turnovers in 114 minutes too.
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