The Penn State men’s basketball program has added their third player in four days from the transfer portal in 6′-4″ shooting guard from Davidson, Roberts Blums.
Blums, from Riga, Lativa, was a sophomore this past season for the Wildcats, who compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
He averaged 12.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists while shooting 45.6% from the field and 40.7% from three.
Blums, at this point, is the sixth, international player on the 2026-2027 Penn State men’s basketball roster joining Ivan Juric (Croatia), Tibor Mirtic (Slovenia), Sasa Ciani (Slovenia), Francois Wibaut (France) and Roko Prkacin (Croatia).
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Coach Rhoades and his staff have been very intentional in recruiting players from overseas due to their high basketball IQ, high-level fundamental skills and their experience from playing against older players.
Last Sunday, PSU also signed Jay Rodgers from Central Connecticut and yesterday they signed Brant Byers from Miami (OH).
