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WSU guard Ace Glass lands on all-WCC second team, all-freshman team

Washington State Cougars guard Ace Glass (21) shoots against the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the first half of a college basketball game on Thursday, Jan 15, 2026, at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Wash. (Tyler Tjomsland/The Spokesman-Review)
By Greg Woods gregw@spokesman.com(509) 459-5587

PULLMAN — Ace Glass can add a couple lines to his resume.

Washington State’s star freshman guard has been named to the all-West Coast Conference second team and the all-freshman team, the conference announced Tuesday morning as part of its awards unveiling.

In his first season of college ball, Glass is averaging a team-best 16.3 points per game on 46% shooting from the floor for WSU, which is set to take on the winner of Portland/Pepperdine in Friday’s WCC tournament opener. Glass is also averaging 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists, shooting 36% from beyond the arc.

Also garnering a nod in the all-conference awards was junior forward ND Okafor, who landed on the honorable mention list, posting 11 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in his second season as a Cougar. Okafor has logged two double-doubles on the season, plus a career-high 27-point outing in an early-season win over Southern Utah.

All awards were voted on solely by the league’s 12 head coaches.

Glass looked to be a candidate for the Freshman of the Year award, but in something of a surprise development, that honor went to Santa Clara forward Allen Graves, who is logging 11.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. He beat out Glass and Portland guard Joel Foxwell for the nod.

The conference’s leading freshman scorer, Glass is also a three-time WCC Freshman of the Week. He’s scored in double figures in all but five games, including a 40-point splurge in a November win over Arizona State, setting a program record for single-game points by a freshman.

For his part, Okafor also racked up 46 blocks, which ranks second in the conference. He’s shooting an efficient 59% from the field, which ranks in the top 10 in the WCC.

The Cougars (12-19, 7-11 WCC), the No. 8 seed for the WCC tournament, will square off with the winner of 12th-seeded Pepperdine and ninth-seeded Portland at 6 p.m. Friday on ESPN+. If the Cougs win that game, they’ll advance to Saturday’s third round, where they’ll face No. 5 San Francisco, all at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.