University of Maine junior guard Logan Carey, who was chosen to the America East All-Defensive Team and led the Black Bears in assists and steals, has transferred to Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia for his final season, he posted on his X social media page on Friday.
The 6-foot-3-inch Carey, in his first season as a starter, averaged 9.7 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game.
He was third on the team in scoring, just percentage points behind Mekhi Gray.
He averaged 25.3 minutes of playing time per game and shot 49.3% from the floor, second on the team to Keelan Steele’s 60.5%.
Carey’s 35.6% shooting percentage from beyond the 3-point arc tied him with freshman Ace Flagg for tops on the team. He shot 44.4% from distance over his last six games.
He set single-game career-highs in points with 28 in a 91-77 loss to UMass Lowell and assists with seven in a 67-62 loss to Vermont. He had a career-high four steals in three games, and his seven rebounds in a 67-58 loss to the New Jersey Institute of Technology tied his career-best.
“I couldn’t be more grateful for my time at Maine,” wrote Carey on his X page. “I’m excited for the next chapter.”
Carey, a native of Shelton, Connecticut, averaged just 5.8 minutes of playing time as a freshman and 10.6 as a sophomore.
He scored at least 13 points in seven of his last 12 games and in double figures in 14 of his last 25.
He had 30 assists in his last eight games and averaged 4.5 assists in his final four contests.
The Black Bears went 8-24 overall and 6-10 in America East regular season play this past campaign.
They finished sixth during the regular season and lost to third seed NJIT 60-58 in the league quarterfinals.
Carey joins a Saint Joseph’s University team that went 24-12 overall and 13-5 during regular season conference play in the Atlantic-10 under first-year head coach Steve Donahue.
The third-seeded Hawks lost No. 2 seed Virginia Commonwealth in the semifinals of the A-10 tournament before reaching the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament where they lost at New Mexico after earning road wins at Colorado State and California.
Saint Joseph’s University graduated two starters including guard Derek Simpson, who led the team in assists with 188 and steals with 50 and was the team’s third-leading scorer with a 13.8 points per game average. His 188 assists was 31st most in the country among players from 350 Division I schools and his 5.2 assists per game were 48th-most.
