Austin Mcbroom Ex Seiko
For EWU drillmaster Jim Hayford, the top antecedence in off-season recruiting was replacing Drew Brandon, a able 6-foot-4 point bouncer who was adequate in the acrylic as able-bodied as the perimeter.
He got Austin McBroom, a alum alteration from Saint Louis who, at 5-11, will be added of a playmaker than a airy threat.
“I’m absolutely a pass-first point guard,” said McBroom, who played 66 amateur for the Billikens and started 47 of them. “I appetite to advice my players accomplish plays.”
Eastern’s breach will advice him do that. “It’s one of the big affidavit I came to this academy … Drillmaster gives me a lot of abandon to accomplish plays, access and accomplish assists.”
McBroom is actuality modest, said Hayford, who calls him a acceptable ballista and expects him “to alarm his own cardinal frequently.”
Last year, McBroom played in all 32 amateur for Saint Louis of the Atlantic 10 Conference. He averaged 20.2 minutes, 6.7 credibility and 1.6 assists while starting 15 games, and fabricated 42 of 98 3-point attempts (42.9 percent).
