On3 has Justin Moore as a 3-Star Transfer, the 336th best player in the transfer portal and the 62nd ranked Point Guard.
If you're looking for more stability, and not just a 1 year fix, Moore has 2 years of eligibility left as he'll be a Junior next year, the rankings change just a bit. He's 27th among point guards who will Juniors or younger in the upcoming season.
Moore was 3rd-Team All-CAA this past season.
A little scouting report based on what I could find:
He's Clutch: More hit multiple game winners with the clock winding down, including buzzer beaters against both Winthrop and College of Charleston.
He struggles shooting: Moore shot just 31.1% from 3 and just 38.6% from the field in general. To put that into context, the only players on our team last year who shot at least that poorly from the field were Greg Dolan, 37.5%, Patrick Mwamba, 34.6%, and Trey Lewis, 33.3%. He should help at the free throw line though, he hit 75.5% there
He's streaky: Like many players, especially those talented ones in the low majors, Moore has shown the ability to go off and carry a team, he's also shown he can disappear completely. Over Drexel's first 6 games this year, Moore averaged 16.7 on 47.6% from the field, while leading the Drexel defense with nearly 2 steals per game. Over the next 6 games he scored just 12.3 PPG on 39.4% from the field averaging less than 1 steal a game.
He's a willing passer: Moore likes to shoot the ball, he averaged just about 10 shots a game this past season basically the same number of shots as Philip Alston who was 2nd on our team this year. However, he also dished out at least 5 assists in 7 games this season. Drexel went 5-2 in games he dished out at least 5 assists, and one of those was a double OT loss in the CAA tournament.
Moore also performed against tougher competition this year. When faced with high mid-majors or Power 6 schools, he played 3 La Salle, West Virginia, and Villanova, he shined. In those 3 games Moore averaged 14 points per game on 42.5% shooting from the field, with 4.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 2.3 steals per game.
Overall, Moore is a high ceiling player with a boat load of inconsistency. He's shown he can not only compete at a higher level, but shine. But he's also shown that he can be essentially an unplayable shooter for long stretches of game, sinking his team's offense. He's a good defender, though he definitely locks in more when he has it going offensively, and his passing was the key to Drexel wins.
Drew Valentine is going to get 2 years with him. If he can get the best out of him on a consistent basis, he could be as big an addition as anyone in the transfer portal could have been. If he can't then Moore probably ends up looking at lot like Greg Dolan did this past year. And if that's the case, hey we needed a bench guard anyway.
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