Syracuse basketball is showing an interest in Florida State transfer point guard

Syracuse basketball is among numerous college programs that have reached out to Florida State transfer point guard Martin Somerville, according to national analyst Sam Kayser.

The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Somerville, who hails from Bowie, Md., in the DMV, is hearing from teams such as the Orange, Wake Forest, Rutgers, N.C. State, Virginia Tech, California, TCU, Mississippi State and Nebraska, among others.

In the 2025-26 season for Florida State, Somerville was a sophomore. The Seminoles went
18-15 overall. Somerville averaged 26.0 minutes, 8.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game while making 33.6 percent from the field, 33.7 percent from beyond the arc and 79.1 percent from the free-throw line.

This past January, during the 2025-26 stanza, Syracuse basketball defeated FSU at the JMA Wireless Dome, 94-86. Sophomore power forward Donnie Freeman, who is in the transfer portal, led 'Cuse over the Seminoles with 25 points and eight rebounds. Somerville, by the way, was excellent on the road versus SU, tallying 18 points in 22 minutes.

Syracuse basketball is mining the transfer portal for a starting point guard.

Somerville played his freshman campaign in 2024-25 at UMass Lowell, where he averaged 13.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals per encounter while connecting on 42.0 percent from the field, 40.5 percent from downtown and 82.6 percent from the charity stripe.

On Saturday, in national transfer rankings from 247Sports, Somerville checked in as three stars, No. 157 overall and No. 31 at point guard. Via national transfer ratings from the industry-generated On3 Industry Ranking, he is three stars, No. 189 overall and No. 43 at point guard.

The transfer portal opened on April 7 and will run through April 21. New Syracuse basketball head coach Gerry McNamara and his staff are busy constructing their 2026-27 roster, which at this juncture includes two returnees in freshmen Kiyan Anthony (guard) and Sadiq White Jr. (power forward).

The Orange has secured commitments from two Siena transfers, four-star sophomore guard Gavin Doty and junior big man Tasman Goodrick, along with Slovenian wing Mark Morano Mahmutovic, a four-star prospect in the 2026 class.

Without question, one priority focus for McNamara and his assistants is landing a starting point guard, and per reports, the 'Cuse staff has reached out to a variety of transfer guards in recent days.