Four-year Oakland-area standout is ready to blossom offensively with the transfer of former teammate Brandon Ashley to Findlay Prep.
Richard Longrus will be O'Dowd's No. 1
option in 2011-12.
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According to MaxPreps.com basketball editor Jason Hickman,
Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland, Calif.) senior
Richard Longrus has verbally committed to Washington State.
Longrus, a rugged 6-foot-7, 210-pound forward, picked the Cougars over Stanford and Colorado.
Known for his defensive prowess and occasional offensive explosion, Longrus should be O'Dowd's No. 1 threat this season with the transfer of Arizona-bound
Brandon Ashley, who is currently enrolled at
Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.).
Longrus is a bright, receptive and talented student-athlete who has some major upside on the offensive end. He appears already at the Division I level on the defensive end and rebounding.
He averaged 11.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game last season for O'Dowd, which went 25-7 and won its second straight Northern California Division III title.
