The Washington State Cougars have yet to make an official announcement, but it appears the basketball team has signed its first member of the 2021 class: Point guard Myles Rice from Tyrone, Georgia.
Rice, who committed a few weeks ago, is yet another top-200 high school player signed by the Cougs since Kyle Smith took over at WSU. Like all Smith targets, Rice is what he’d call a six-tool player who does a lot of things well. But as a point guard who could potentially play right away, he fills a very specific need: Isaac Bonton is set to graduate (maybe — more on that in a sec), and the only other point guards on the roster are freshman Jefferson Koulibaly (who will miss this season with an injury) and junior walk-on Myles Warren.