Alabama HBCU adds DI and international basketball transfers

COURTESY OF AAMU ATHLETICS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. | Alabama A&M University head men’s basketball coach Otis Hughley Jr. announced the addition of five players for the upcoming HBCU basketball season. The Bulldogs welcomed the addition of signees Jaylen Colon, Darius Ford, Quincy McGriff, David Verstraeten, and Warren Yeh. Colon, a Puerto Rico National Team player and a two-time State Championship student-athlete played at Kell High School, where he leaves as a 1,000-point scorer and most wins in program history. As a junior, registered the most 3-pointers in school history and broke the single-game record for triples with 12. Ford comes to Alabama A&M as a transfer from TCU, where he played in eight games last season for the Horn Frogs. He poured in a season-high five points in four minutes against Houston Christian.

McGriff joins the Bulldogs after playing for Duquesne, where in 2022–2023 he averaged 5.3 points and 1.8 rebounds. At George Washington, he scored a career-high 17 points, five of which came from 3-point range, and at DePaul, he pulled down a season-high eight rebounds. As the top-ranked Under-20 player for the Belgian Olympic National Team, Verstraeten brings his skills to HBCU basketball. He participated in seven games at the 202 FIBU U18 European Championship Division B, averaging 7.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 1.4 assists.

The top-seeded Under-19 Taiwan Olympic National Team player, Warren Yeh, assisted Bridgton Academy in surpassing the 20-win mark and securing a spot in the National Prep Championship. The Wolverines finished as the No. 5 seed in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council- AAA (NEPSAC) Playoffs. Yeh finished the National Prep Showcase with 21 points after making a string of clutch baskets to push Fork Union into overtime. Yeh scored 17.5 points a game on average in two Showcase games.

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