Micah Shrewsberry has landed his first pickup from the transfer portal at Penn State, as senior guard Jaheam Cornwall from Gardner-Webb announced Friday afternoon that he’s transferring to PSU.
110% COMMITTED ๐ค๐ฝ๐ทโช๏ธ๐ท #weare @ Penn State University https://t.co/dDcVBsYWj7
— Jah Boogie (@Point_Gawwd) April 23, 2021
Cornwall is a 6-foot guard who averaged 14.1 points, 3.8 assists and 3.2 rebounds last season for Gardner-Webb, which plays in the Big South Conference, along with the likes of Winthrop, Radford and Campbell.
Cornwall is a good shooter, hitting 43.8 percent from the field, 40.8 percent from 3 and 81.0 percent from the foul line this past season.
Photo from Jaheam Cornwall InstaGram
Cornwall would appear to be coming in to back up Sam Sessoms at point guard for the Nittany Lions. And he would give the team a good scoring option off the bench, while Sessoms also should be a good scorer at the point guard spot.
The Lions will need scoring, with the departures of leading scorer Myreon Jones and second-leading scorer Izaiah Brockington.
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Cornwall is from Brooklyn and has been a key contributor for four years at Gardner-Webb. He averaged 13.1 points as a junior, 6.2 as a sophomore and 7.7 as a freshman.
Here’s more information on Cornwall, from his Gardner-Webb bio page:
Preseason first-team All-Big South Conference selection โฆ Is the third-best returning three-point shooter from last season at the Division I level nationally โฆ Veteran point guard with exceptional court savvy, vision and feel โฆ Capable of playing off the ball as well โฆ Has played in 94 career games with 46 starts over three seasons โฆ A career 43.0 percent shooter from three-point range entering the 2020-21 season (166-of-386) โฆ Career 72.5 percent free throw shooter (108-of-149) โฆ Enters fourth season with 846 career points, 275 career rebounds and 269 career assists.
2019-20 at Gardner-Webb: Started 31 of 32 games played in the backcourt โฆ Played the point guard position for much of the season through February, but slid over to play off the ball late in the season with success in both roles
2018-2019 at Gardner-Webb: Started 11 games of the seasonโs final 12 games, including all four postseason contests โฆ Saw action in all 35 games โฆ Team was 8-3 during his 11 starts
2017-2018 at Gardner-Webb: Named to the Big South Conference All-Freshman Team โฆ Played in 27 games and started the final four games of the season at point guard โฆ Averaged 7.7 points, 2.4 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game
High School: Played final two seasons at national power Putnam Science (Conn.) Academy under Coach Tom Espinosa โฆ Earned third-team All-New England honors following the 2016-2017 season โฆ Ranked as the No. 13 prospect in the Class of 2017 in Connecticut โฆ A second-team All-League selection โฆ Led team to the National Prep Championships Final Four and a 37-5 record
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