Vernon Lowndes Jr., who played in 29 games with six starts for the University of Maine men’s basketball team last winter, is transferring to Texas A&M Commerce, an NCAA Division II school, for the 2018-2019 season. Lowndes, who in March announced his intention to transfer, becomes the third player from the 2017-2018 UMaine team to transfer after Black Bears’ head coach Bob Walsh was replaced by former UM women’s basketball head coach Richard Barron on March 5. Third-team All-America East point guard Aaron Calixte will attend the University of Oklahoma as a graduate transfer, while guard Danny Evans has announced his plans to attend Division II Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. Lowndes announced his decision on Twitter. “First, I want to start off by thanking God.