Tech forward Tafara Gapare hits the transfer portal

After an up-and-down sophomore season at Georgia Tech, forward Tafara Gapare has entered the transfer portal for the second time in just two seasons. Gapare transferred to Tech last year from UMass where he played sparingly as a true freshman.

Gapare started 15 games and played in 29 games starting the final nine games of the season for the Yellow Jackets providing strong defense but inconsistent offense and often poor shot selection.

In those final nine games, he started Gapare shot just 35.7% from the field and was 2-20 from three highlighting the issues with his offensive choices. On the defensive side of the ball, he was very good averaging over a block per game.

Gapare stepped into a larger role when starting center Ebenezer Dowuona suffered what ended up becoming a season-ending foot injury in the Wake Forest game. Freshman Baye Ndongo slid over to the post position and Gapare started at the four spot for the Jackets where the team ended up finishing up the regular season 4-4 with Gapare in the starting lineup before falling in the ACC Tournament in a close loss to Notre Dame.

Gapare joins guard Amaree Abram, guard Deebo Coleman and Dowuona as portal entries this offseason. Senior Tyzhaun Claude also entered the portal, but he needs a medical appeal to play next season in college somewhere.