St. John's lands Penn scoring guard from transfer portal

Former Pennsylvania guard Jordan Dingle committed to St. John's on Friday, according to an article from ESPN Staff Writer Jeff Borzello.

"Really excited to have Jordan Dingle joining the Red Storm," St. John's head men's basketball coach Rick Pitino said in a Friday release. "His goals are plain and simple. 

"As a loyal New Yorker, help bring back St. John's to basketball royalty, and then become a (NBA) first round draft choice. I'm all in on making that happen."

Dingle, a former unranked prospect out of Valley Stream, N.Y., was an Ivy League Player of the Year and a Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Year during the 2022-23 season, according to Penn's website. 

He spent three seasons with Penn, racking up averages of 19.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He scored 19 points and hit nine of his 18 shot attempts as Princeton took a 77-70 win over the Quakers in the Ivy League Tournament Semifinal.

The 6-foot-3-inch guard averaged 23.4 points per game while shooting 46.4% from the field last season, enough to place second in the nation behind Detroit Mercy guard Antoine Davis. 

He took spots ahead of Liberty guard Darius McGhee, UC Davis guard Elijah Pepper and UAB guard Jordan Walker. 

Dingle's transfer, the hiring of Pitino and the rest of St. John's transfer class may lead to an upswing as the Red Storm ushers in a new era for its men's basketball program.

Along with a proven scorer in Dingle, St. John's will add a highly-ranked forward in Glenn Taylor Jr. and a talented guard in Daniss Jenkins. 

Taylor Jr. played in 32 games and 26 starts for Oregon State during the 2022-23 season, earning averages of 11.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in 30.1 minutes per contest. 

Jenkins, a four-star transfer from Iona, scored 15.6 points per game on a 41.8% field goal percentage.