Montana Lady Griz get commitments from three Division I transfers

MISSOULA — The Montana Woman Griz made a splash within the switch portal this week as they proceed to fill out their roster heading into the 2023-24 season.

Three NCAA Division I transfers have introduced through social media this week that they’ve dedicated to move coach Brian Holsinger and the Woman Griz program. That features Iowa State senior guard Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw, Arizona State junior middle Imogen Greenslade and College of Portland sophomore guard MJ Bruno.

MTN Sports activities has confirmed their commitments to UM. The varsity has but to make an official announcement of their addition.

Espenmiller-McGraw joins the Woman Griz for her ultimate season of school eligibility. A local of Indianola, Iowa, Espenmiller-McGraw performed 4 years for the Cyclones and appeared in 94 whole video games and began in 35, 23 of which got here her freshman 12 months in 2019-20.

Espenmiller-McGraw appeared in simply 9 video games in 2020-21 as a result of an injury-plagued season. She returned to be a rotational participant her ultimate two seasons, and this previous 12 months she performed in 30 video games — together with one begin — and averaged 9.5 minutes and 1.7 factors per recreation.

For her profession at ISU, the 5-foot-10 guard averaged 5.1 factors, 1.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per recreation. She shot the ball at a 36.4% clip from the sphere and was 36.5% from deep. ISU made the NCAA Event the previous three seasons with Espenmiller-McGraw on the group, together with a Candy 16 run in 2022.

Greenslade joins UM after spending three seasons at ASU. The 6-foot-4 middle performed in 61 video games for the Solar Devils, and appeared in 12 video games as a result of harm in 2022-23 and averaged 8.6 minutes, 1.8 factors and a couple of.3 rebounds per recreation.

For her profession at ASU, the Sydney, Australia native averaged 1.8 factors and a couple of.2 rebounds per recreation and shot the ball at a 49.5% clip from the sphere.

Bruno rounds out the group after spending two seasons at Portland. A local of Spokane, Washington, Bruno appeared in 43 video games for the Pilots and averaged 13.4 minutes, 2.7 factors and a couple of.2 rebounds per recreation for her profession.

Courtesy College of Portland Athletics

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This previous season, the 6-foot guard performed in 25 video games and averaged 3.2 factors and a couple of.3 rebounds in 14.5 minutes per recreation and had 22 steals. She shot the ball at a 52.5% clip from the sphere and went 12 for twenty-four from 3-point vary. Portland superior to the NCAA Event this season for the primary time since 1997.

Each Greenslade and Bruno every have two years of eligibility remaining.

Espenmiller-McGraw, Greenslade and Bruno are the primary three switch provides for the Woman Griz this offseason. Sophomore forwards Willa Albrecht and Lisa Kiefer are the lone two gamers from final 12 months’s UM roster to enter the switch portal thus far.