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WSU men’s basketball signs 4-star prospect Roberto Gittens out of Tacoma’s Foss High

signed guard Roberto Gittens out of Foss High in Tacoma, the Cougars announced Monday.

Gittens averaged 22 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game during his senior season at Foss (2016-17) and was named the Associated Press’ 2A Washington State player of the year. He was also named the Tacoma News-Tribune’s All-Area player of the year. He follows Malachi Flynn (Tacoma, 2016) and Viont’e Daniels (Federal Way, 2015) to become the third-straight News-Tribune All-Area player of the year to join the Cougars’ basketball team.

According to Scout.com, Gittens (6-foot-5, 215 pounds) is the first four-star basketball prospect to sign with the Cougars since Klay Thompson in 2008.