Northern Kentucky University Athletics

AT NKU: Maguire enters his first year at NKU ... a transfer from Saint Louis University ... excellent scorer and long-range shooter ... will contend for significant playing time this season.

AT SAINT LOUIS: Sat out as a redshirt last season ... saw action in nine games during the 2006-07 campaign.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Edwardsville High School ... scored 2,080 career points as a prep player ... began his prep career at Bethalto (Ill.) High School ... started all three years before transferring to Edwardsville as a senior ... led Edwardsville to a 30-1 record as a senior and averaged 16.4 points per game ... also shot 60.6 percent from the field and knocked down 50.4 percent (54-for-107) of his attempts from 3-point range ... named the 2006 Illinois Class 2A Player of the Year and earned first team St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro accolades as well ... was also a 2006 McDonald’s All-America game nominee.

PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 19, 1987 ... son of Mike Maguire and Becky Unnerstall.