One more addition to the front court was needed and Wake Forest got it with Florida Atlantic big man Xander Pintelon committing to the Demon Deacons after an official visit on Tuesday, Demon Deacon Digest confirmed. DraftExpress’ Jon Chepkevich was the first to report the news.
NEWS: FAU transfer, Xander Pintelon, has committed to Wake Forest, his reps at @TangramSports tell DraftExpress.The 6’11” Belgian forward started 25 games for the Owls after cutting his teeth in BNXT with Oostende and Spirou.Solid front court addition for the Demon Deacons. pic.twitter.com/Oh7jBrBKX4
— Jon Chepkevich (@JonChep) April 28, 2026
Standing 6-foot-11, 220 pounds, Pintelon averaged 18.1 minutes per game across the 4 and the 5 for the Owls, scoring 6.2 points per contest and pulling down 3.7 rebounds. He was able to stretch the court for them a bit, taking 97 threes and making 33% of them over the court of the season. A fair amount of his value will come on the defensive side of the court. In conference play he sported a 15.6% defensive rebounding rate and a 3.4% block rate…