The Siena men’s basketball team landed a talented transfer and beat out Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rival Iona to get him.
Sean Durugordon, a 6-foot-6, 215-pound guard who played last season at Austin Peay, announced Tuesday on Twitter he is transferring to Siena. He will have three years of eligibility remaining. He began his college career by playing one season for Missouri of the Southeastern Conference.
Durugordon, a Harlem native, said Siena first reached out to him two weeks ago. He visited Loudonville last Thursday through Saturday and notified Siena head coach Carmen Maciariello on Monday night that he was committing.
He averaged 12.4 points and 6 rebounds per game last season for Austin Peay, which went 9-22. Durugordon entered the transfer portal after Austin Peay, an Atlantic Sun member located in Clarksville, Tenn., fired head coach Nate James.
“Me and the (Siena) staff went over the plan they had for me to come there,” Durugordon said. “My goal for my next school is to come in and be able to have a big impact on the team and obviously go to a team that has the capabilities of winning the conference. What I saw in Siena, they have a few returning pieces that we can honestly be capable of winning the MAAC.”
He said he also liked the “tight-knit” atmosphere on the Siena campus.
Durugordon also visited defending MAAC champion Iona, which recently hired Tobin Anderson as head coach to replace Rick Pitino, who left for St. John’s of the Big East. Those two schools were his only visits. Durugordon said he also looked at Oregon State, Central Florida, Charlotte, Hawaii and North Carolina State.
“I guess I really wanted to go to a place where I’d have a really big role,” said Durugordon, who added he watched Siena games when he was in high school.
“Carm is a great coach,” he said. “I know the way he…
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