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Reports: Former Clemson forward Ibrahim Djambo transferring to Hofstra

Jeff Laidig, Ibrahim Djambo

Belmont’s Jeff Laidig, right, and Clemson’s Ibrahim Djambo battle for a rebound during the first half of their NCAA college basketball National Invitational Tournament game at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C., on Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Anderson Independent-Mail, Mark Crammer)

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After posting averages of 17.7 points and 9.2 rebounds per game during his sophomore season at Three Rivers CC in Missouri, 6-foot-10 forward Ibrahim Djambo was expected to be one of the players competing for significant minutes at the power forward position at Clemson last season. Things didn’t work out that way for Djambo however, as he averaged 1.9 points and 1.4 rebounds just over nine minutes per game for the Tigers.

Djambo made the decision to transfer in late June, and according to multiple reports he’ll be joining Joe Mihalich’s Hofstra program. Djambo has one season of eligibility remaining, and it’s expected that he’ll have to sit out the 2014-15 season per NCAA transfer rules.

Djambo’s addition adds some size to a program that has just two players 6-foot-7 or taller who will have eligibility remaining during the 2015-16 season: 6-foot-9 forward Rokas Gustys and 6-foot-10 forward/center Andre Walker. Hofstra’s most experienced front court returnee is 6-foot-7 forward/center Moussa Kone, who will be a senior next season.

Hofstra, which finished the 2013-14 season with a 10-23 overall record (5-11 CAA), will have to account for the loss of high-scoring forward Zeke Upshaw (19.8 ppg) but they return graduate guard Dion Nesmith and transfers Juan’ya Green and Ameen Tanksley (both played for Mihalich at Niagara) will be eligible to play after sitting out all of last season.

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