Maryland will officially have one more rotational piece back next season as veteran Jordan Geronimo is set to return for his second season in College Park and fifth season of college basketball.
Geronimo confirmed the news with Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.
Jordan Geronimo tells me that he will return to Maryland next season and use his additional year of eligibility.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 5, 2024
After spending three seasons in the rotation at Indiana, Geronimo transferred to Maryland heading into the 2023-24 season where he went on to start in all but five games, averaging 5.4 points and 3.9 rebounds in 23.3 minutes per game. Geronimo posted a season-high 15 points in the November win vs. Rider and loomed large in the road win vs. Rutgers after posting his lone double-double on the season with 11 points and rebounds each. Still, the production from the former Indiana forward was inconsistent as Geronimo posted five or fewer points in 19 games through the 2023-24 season. To add to Maryland’s outside shooting woes, Geronimo’s production largely came from inside the paint as he shot 43.3% from the field, 17.4% from three and 66.1% from the free throw line.
Geronimo adds to a frontcourt that returns Julian Reese, Mady Traore and Braden Pierce and adds five-star Derik Queen in June, giving Kevin Willard an experienced piece to work with in the frontcourt.
Maryland still has two vacant scholarships after Jamie Kaiser’s departure earlier this week opened up a second spot for the staff to work with in the portal. While Maryland will look to host UC-San Diego guard Bryce Pope later this month to bolster the backcourt, the program also announced the signing of former Belmont guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie with the starting point guard void likely filled. Maryland also has a second portal commitment in former Virginia Tech guard Rodney Rice.
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