Ace Glass Is Leaving Washington State, and the Portal Just Got a Lot More Interesting

Ace Glass is out. The Washington State star freshman just entered the transfer portal, and honestly, it's a massive blow to David Riley's program. We're talking about the team's leading scorer, the guy who just rewrote the WSU freshman record book in his first college season. This is the kind of departure that stings.

From Four-Star to Portal in One Season

Glass came to Pullman as a four-star recruit from the Los Angeles area originally committed to Texas A&M. When Buzz Williams bolted for Maryland last spring, Glass reopened his recruitment. That's when Riley and the Cougar coaching staff made their move, and Glass bit. Why WSU? He said it came down to feeling like the program understood him.

"Just the family aspect," Glass told reporters last April. "It felt like they really knew me, and it felt like they knew my game. Just felt like they could develop me and put me in the right position in the program to thrive."

One season later, he's gone. The program is 12-20, and Glass decided the opportunities he was chasing weren't going to come in Pullman anymore.

A Freshman Season for the Record Books

For one year, though, Glass was absolutely electric. He led the Cougars in scoring at 16.4 points per game and earned All-West Coast Conference second team honors along with all-freshman team selection. He scored in double figures in all but five games. The 6-foot-3 guard didn't just put up numbers, he broke them.

In November at the Maui Invitational, Glass dropped 40 points on Arizona State, a single-game program record. For the season, he torched defenses for 525 points, shot 71 three-pointers, and hit 88 percent of his free throws. All freshman records at WSU. He also hit a game-winning and-one against LMU at home in the final seconds.

On the road? Glass was a nightmare. Twenty-four points at Saint Mary's. Twenty-nine at San Diego. Twenty against LMU on the road, too. This kid could create his own shot and get to the rim whenever he wanted.

What's Next

With that kind of athleticism and scoring ability, Glass is going to attract serious Power 4 interest. Schools are going to come at him hard. He's exactly the kind of player that big programs are hunting for in the portal, and his freshman tape is going to do all the talking it needs to do. Riley's rebuild in Pullman just got a whole lot harder.

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