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By: Liam O’Brien<\/p>\n
After two seasons with Boston University, 6-foot-6-inch swingman Destin Barnes will transfer to Florida Southwestern State for the 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n
Barnes joins a juggernaut at the Fort Myers institution, which competes in the Suncoast Conference of the NJCAA. The Buccaneers went 30-3 last season while going undefeated both at home and in-conference. They made it to the quarterfinals of the NJCAA Tournament before falling to Vincennes University.<\/p>\n
Florida Southwestern State, a junior college, plays in a swanky new arena that seats 3,500 people and has sent 10 players to Division 1 over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n
Among those players are Winthrop’s Nych Smith, Alabama State’s Marice Wright, Akron’s Tyler Cheese, Drake’s Tremell and Anthony Murphy, UW-Green Bay’s ShanQuan Hemphill and Montana State’s Russell Daniels.<\/p>\n
Barnes will attempt to follow in the footsteps of these guys and rejoin a Division 1 program after his time in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n
He showed promise during his freshman season with the Terriers. In his BU debut against Northeastern in November 2016, Barnes scored 11 points with a trio of three-point makes in 18 minutes. A few weeks later, he put up a career-high 12 points against Western New England and appeared to be establishing himself as part of the rotation with 7.6 points per game over the first five contests.<\/p>\n
From there, Barnes played just five games the remainder of the season. His freshman campaign ended after a loss to Syracuse on December 10 due to an internal matter, something which also forced Blaise Mbargorba and Cheddi Mosely to miss the 2016-17 Patriot League slate.<\/p>\n
Barnes rejoined the Terriers at the beginning of last season and posted 10 points and seven rebounds in a loss to Albany in the second game of the year. That would be the last game of Barnes’ Terrier career, as he did not play another game due to a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n
Barnes is now the second member of the 2017-2018 team to transfer. Mosely, a fifth-year senior, will play a graduate year at La Salle this upcoming season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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