Bradley sophomore enters NCAA basketball transfer portal
PEORIA — Bradley basketball forward Almar Atlason entered the NCAA transfer portal on Friday, ending his career on the Hilltop.
The 6-foot-8, 230-pound forward from Iceland was an excellent 3-point shooter, but his propensity to get into foul trouble drove him out of the starting lineup as the 2024-25 season progressed.
Atlason was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team in 2023-24. The sophomore then opened this season as a starter and shot 38.3% from 3-point range.
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Atlason had four or more fouls in the first four games of the season and fouled out of four games overall during Bradley's 28-9 campaign.
Bradley's Almar Atlason (1) goes to the basket against ISU's Chase Walker in the second half of their MVC basketball game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 at Carver Arena in Peoria. The Braves defeated their I-74 rivals 61-57.
Atlason had a career-high 28 points in an 80-77 home loss to Belmont on Feb. 5, in which he was 6 of 9 from 3-point range and grabbed six rebounds before fouling out.
He appeared in 36 games, started 12, and averaged 5.7 points per game with 2.0 rebounds in 18.4 minutes.
Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist, and covers Bradley men's basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for pjstar.com. He can be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com. Follow him on X.com @icetimecleve.
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