ECU basketball star Jayden Gardner enters NCAA transfer portal

ECU’s scoring leader and All-Conference forward is leaving the Pirates’ program
Published: Mar. 29, 2021 at 5:27 PM EDT|Updated: Mar. 30, 2021 at 11:05 AM EDT
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - ECU junior forward Jayden Gardner announced on social media Monday that he is entering the NCAA transfer portal.

This is a huge blow to the Pirate basketball program as Gardner led the team in scoring and rebounding at 18.3 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per contest.

Gardner is the four ECU men’s basketball player to enter the transfer portal in the past week.

He joins Bitumba Baruti, Edra Luster, Noah Farrakhan, and Miles James in deciding to leave ECU.

Here is Jayden’s announcement on Twitter:

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