St. John’s has stuffed a obtrusive want inside, touchdown George Washington graduate transfer Arnaldo Toro, The Post has discovered.
The 6-foot-8, 250-pound ahead verbally dedicated to educate Mike Anderson on Friday morning, filling the final open scholarship on the roster.
Toro, who attended highschool at St. Benedict’s Prep in New Jersey, averaged 6.5 factors and seven.zero rebounds per recreation for George Washington final yr in simply 18.four minutes per recreation.
“He can play and contribute in the Big East,” one coach aware of Toro mentioned. “Can end across the rim and can be capable to rebound. Not a game-changer, however a stable piece. … An amazing offensive rebounder.”
The addition ends a search over the previous couple of weeks for a giant man for the Johnnies, who misplaced out to Texas A&M for Quinnipiac grad transfer Kevin Marfo, amongst others. Now all eyes focus to main scorer LJ Figueroa, who entered his identify into the NBA Draft, however is conserving open the choice of returning to highschool for his senior yr.