Less than 36 hours after Tre Holloman sat in tears in a locker room in Atlanta, the Michigan State basketball captain will enter the transfer portal.
Holloman’s agents and the school confirmed the junior guard will explore leaving the Spartans after their 30-7 season and run to the Elite Eight. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Minneapolis native shared the captaincy with departing senior Jaden Akins this winter.
In MSU’s season-ending 70-64 loss to Auburn on Sunday, Holloman scored just two points and was 0-for-10 from the field. That was an otherwise outlier performance in strong season in which the combo guard split point guard duties with redshirt freshman Jeremy Fears Jr. and worked along with Akins and freshman Jase Richardson in the Spartans’ backcourt.
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Holloman averaged 9.1 points, 3.7 assists and 1.9 rebounds while shooting 37.3% from 3-point range and 85.1% at the free-throw line. He started 16 of MSU’s 37 games, moving to the bench when Richardson joined the starting lineup in early February.
His 3-pointer at the buzzer won the Spartans’ road game at Maryland and helped deliver Tom Izzo’s 11th Big Ten regular-season title with a 17-3 conference record.
College basketball scout Chris Wash also reported that wing Gehrig Normand will also enter the portal. The 6-5 Texas native played 26 minutes in 13 games as a redshirt freshman, averaging 2.0 points and going 2-for-6 from 3-point range. Norman redshirted in 2023-2024.
In addition, former five-star recruit Xavier Booker also put his name into the transfer portal on Tuesday. The 6-foot-11, 240-pound Indianapolis native started the first three games of this season before being moved into a reserve role, then saw his minutes begin to dwindle as the Spartans’ 30-7 season progressed.
Two players left the program via transfer last season, guard A.J. Hoggard (Vanderbilt) and center Mady Sissoko (California) for their fifth and final season of eligibility. Pierre Brooks (Butler) was the last player to leave Tom Izzo’s program within the four-year eligibility window. Players can enter the portal but do not necessarily have to transfer.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan State’s Tre Holloman, Xavier Booker, Gehrig Normand to enter transfer portal
Reporting by Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free Press
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