Eric Boggs
Ohio State has strengthened its backcourt depth with the addition of a late transfer. Ques Glover, a guard with experience at Kansas State, Samford, and Florida, has committed to the Buckeyes through the transfer portal. Glover will spend his final collegiate basketball season playing for Jake Diebler in Columbus.
On Monday, Glover updated his Instagram to announce his new status as a Buckeye, and an Ohio State spokesperson confirmed his addition to the team. Though Glover will not be one of Ohio State’s 13 scholarship players this season, he will receive NIL compensation to cover his costs at the university.
Glover’s college basketball journey has been full of ups and downs. As a three-star prospect from the class of 2019, ranked 366th overall in the 247Sports composite rankings, Glover began his career at Florida after graduating from Bearden High School in Knoxville, Tennessee.
During his time at Florida, Glover’s playing time decreased from 12.4 minutes per game as a freshman to 8.4 minutes per game as a sophomore, with scoring averages of 4.4 and 2.5 points, respectively. This prompted him to seek a new opportunity, entering the transfer portal in 2021.
Glover found success at Samford, where he experienced a resurgence, averaging 19.2 points, 4.4 assists, and 1.2 steals per game in the 2021-22 season. The following season, he averaged 14.7 points per game, playing 6.6 fewer minutes per game, while his shooting efficiency improved, especially from three-point range, increasing from 30.8% as a junior to 37.8% as a senior.
With an additional year of eligibility granted by a COVID-19 waiver, Glover entered the transfer portal again and briefly enrolled at BYU before ending up at Kansas State. Unfortunately, he did not play for the Wildcats due to multiple lower-body injuries that kept him sidelined all season.
After redshirting and entering the portal once more, Glover has now joined Ohio State.
For Diebler and his staff, adding a sixth-year senior with significant scoring experience is a valuable asset, especially following the season-ending injury to sophomore guard Taison Chatman in mid-June. With the transfer portal window closing on April 30, most players had already committed to new schools by the time of Chatman’s injury. The Buckeyes had a scholarship available but were not actively seeking another guard until Chatman’s ACL tear.
Chatman was expected to play a significant role in the team’s rotation, and after his injury, only three true guards remained on Ohio State’s active roster: Meechie Johnson Jr., Bruce Thornton, and freshman Juni Mobley.
Glover’s career bests of 19.2 points per game, 4.4 assists per game, and 37.8% from three-point range at Samford suggest he has the potential to contribute to the Buckeyes in the 2024-25 season. At the very least, he provides Ohio State with an experienced option should another guard become unavailable during the season.
Ohio State still intends to use its last available scholarship for the 2024-25 season to bolster its frontcourt.
