Breaking News: Emmanuel Dowuona Redshirts

Top-100 center Emmanuel Dowuona has decided to take a redshirt his freshman season after talking with Coach Painter.

The Ghana native and big man committed to the Boilermakers without visiting another school. He is known as a defensive specialist and one of the most athletic big men to play for Coach Painter.

This move does not come as a shock. Coach Painter has a returning big man in Matt Haarms, a transfer in Evan Boudreaux from Dartmouth, and fellow true freshman in Trevion Williams. It was likely that the decision was going to come down to either Williams or Dowuona redshirting. Considering Dowuona has only been playing basketball for about four years, it’s not a terrible surprise that…