Clemson's portal search takes it to the West Coast. San Jose State guard Will McClendon, who averaged 12 points per game for the Spartans, has several programs courting him for his services.
San Jose State (12-14, 5-9 MW) even without their two key scorers, Josh Udeje and Will McClendon, brought their lightning fast start from their January 28th loss to San Diego State (16-6, 9-4 MW) and walloped the Aztecs…in the first-half.
Meeting for the second time this season, San Jose State (11-12, 4-7 MW) took their sixth consecutive win over Air Force (3-19, 0-11 MW) Saturday afternoon 75-64.
Ex-UCLA guard Will McClendon is transferring to San Jose State for the 2024-25 season. "Will McClendon brings the type of character and talent we need at San Jose State," Spartans coach Tim Miles said.
The UCLA Bruins have had quite a roller-coaster season. The team struggled to find its footing after the first few games of the season. They started strong with a 3-0 record but would go 3-7 in their next 10. While the season seemed all but lost, they managed to band together to string together some impressive wins in the last month.
This past Sunday, your resurgent UCLA Bruins saw their recent six-game win streak halted in its tracks by the upstart Utah Utes, who absolutely stole a 70-69 victory to drop the Blue and Gold to a middling 14-12 record on the 2023-24 season.
UCLA head coach Mick Cronin has encouraged his guards to start shooting the open shot. During the current four-game win streak, Adem Bona has been attracting double-teams and then kicks it out to a guard who is waiting on the three-point line.
Sophomore UCLA Bruins men's basketball guard Will McClendon may have scored just eight points on 3-of-6 shooting from the floor (2-of-4 from deep) off the bench for his team's 71-63 win over the Oregon State University Beavers Thursday night, but his impact goes beyond his box score contributions.
Dylan Andrews, Lazar Stefanovic and Will McClendon combined for 29 second-half points and UCLA scored its fourth Pac-12 Conference win in the last five tries, holding off visiting Oregon State, 71-63, on Thursday in Los Angeles.
Sophomore UCLA Bruins guard Will McClendon has been one of the few three-point shooting salves for the 5-2 club thus far this season. Jack Nelson of The Daily Bruin reports that just two UCLA players are connecting on 30% or more of their triple tries this year, in McClendon and Lazar Stefanovic, a 6'6" junior transfer out of Utah.
The UCLA Bruins almost had a major stumble in their last game, coming away with a narrow win over UC Riverside by a score of 66-65. It was the type of game that could have been very demoralizing if UCLA had dropped it, but they found a way to pull it out.