Oklahoma State University Athletics
Williams, Kouma Join Cowboy Basketball Top-10 Signing Class
July 02, 2020 | Cowboy Basketball
STILLWATER – Coach Mike Boynton fortified Oklahoma State's top-10 signing class with the additions of Ole Miss guard Bryce Williams and 6-10 forward Bernard Kouma.
Williams and Kouma join a Cowboy class ranked No. 4 by Rivals, and features the 2020 Naismith High School Player of the Year, Cade Cunningham, who was named the nation's top recruit according to ESPN, 247Sports, Rivals, USA Today, MaxPreps and Ball Is Life.
But the class hardly stops there. Four-star OKC guard Rondel Walker joins two-time BioSteel All-Canadian Player of the Year Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe, as well as Nebraska's Mr. Basketball, Donovan Williams. Graduate transfer Ferron Flavors Jr. led the WAC in 3-point shooting last season, and Montreal Pena is a three-star forward listed among the top-40 players at his position nationally.
The Cowboy returners are led by All-Big 12 guard Isaac Likekele, who was a USA Basketball teammate with Cunningham at the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup. Kalib and Keylan Boone, Avery Anderson III and Chris Harris Jr. all return for their sophomore seasons in 2020-21.
OSU is slated to open the season on Nov. 10 against Green Bay in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Season tickets are on sale now starting at just $150. Click here for more details.
Bryce Williams
6-2 – 180 – Sr. – G – Tampa, Fla. – Ole Miss, Dayton State, South Sumter HS
Williams, a senior, shot 44.0 percent from 3-point in 29 appearances for Ole Miss last season after a standout career at Dayton State, where he averaged 14.9 career points per game and played under current Cowboy assistant coach Erik Pastrana.
Williams was listed by 247Sports as the No. 21 junior college recruit in America following his sophomore season at Daytona State, where he was an NJCAA Region VIII All-State selection in 2018-19 and a two-time first-team All-Mid-Florida Conference honoree.
As a sophomore, Williams averaged 14.5 points and 4.4 assists on 45.9 percent shooting, including a blistering 44.9 percent clip from 3-point. He put together seven 20-point games, including a career-high 35 points against the College of Central Florida. Williams also showed his range with seven three-pointers on a 25-point night versus Hillsborough.
In his lone season with Ole Miss, the junior averaged 3.1 points in 13.3 minutes per game, but he shot 40.3 percent from the field and 44.0 percent from beyond the 3-point line.
He showed his potential in front of the OSU coaches by posting a career-high 15 points in the 21-point comeback over Penn State, including the game-winning free throws with 13 seconds left at the NIT Tip-Off.
Bernard Kouma (pronounced: KOO-muh)
6-10 – 240 – So. – F – N'Djamena, Chad, Africa – South Plains College
Big man Bernard Kouma, who shot 57.3 percent for South Plains College last season will provide an immediate injection of size and skill in the paint for the Cowboys in 2020-21.
Kouma averaged 4.1 points and posted three double-digit scoring games, including a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double against Lamar State-Port Arthur on Nov. 9. Effective in the paint, Kouma tallied 10 double-digit rebound games last year.
Kouma was a standout at Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School in the Bronx, New York, where he was ranked among the nation's top 400 recruits of 2018 according to 247Sports.
A native of N'Djamena in Chad, Africa, Kouma moved to the United States for high school. He started his prep career at Redemption Christian Academy in Northfield, Massachusetts, before transferring to Our Saviour Lutheran in Queens, New York.
He averaged 14.3 points, 11.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks as a senior, earning Great Atlantic Conference North Division I second-team honors. In his best outing, Kouma put up 29 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks against Roselle Catholic at the Barclays Center.
Kouma played on the Nike EYBL circuit for the New York Lightning, and originally signed with Illinois prior to attending South Plains.
Williams and Kouma join a Cowboy class ranked No. 4 by Rivals, and features the 2020 Naismith High School Player of the Year, Cade Cunningham, who was named the nation's top recruit according to ESPN, 247Sports, Rivals, USA Today, MaxPreps and Ball Is Life.
But the class hardly stops there. Four-star OKC guard Rondel Walker joins two-time BioSteel All-Canadian Player of the Year Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe, as well as Nebraska's Mr. Basketball, Donovan Williams. Graduate transfer Ferron Flavors Jr. led the WAC in 3-point shooting last season, and Montreal Pena is a three-star forward listed among the top-40 players at his position nationally.
The Cowboy returners are led by All-Big 12 guard Isaac Likekele, who was a USA Basketball teammate with Cunningham at the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup. Kalib and Keylan Boone, Avery Anderson III and Chris Harris Jr. all return for their sophomore seasons in 2020-21.
OSU is slated to open the season on Nov. 10 against Green Bay in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Season tickets are on sale now starting at just $150. Click here for more details.
Bryce Williams
6-2 – 180 – Sr. – G – Tampa, Fla. – Ole Miss, Dayton State, South Sumter HS
Williams, a senior, shot 44.0 percent from 3-point in 29 appearances for Ole Miss last season after a standout career at Dayton State, where he averaged 14.9 career points per game and played under current Cowboy assistant coach Erik Pastrana.
Williams was listed by 247Sports as the No. 21 junior college recruit in America following his sophomore season at Daytona State, where he was an NJCAA Region VIII All-State selection in 2018-19 and a two-time first-team All-Mid-Florida Conference honoree.
As a sophomore, Williams averaged 14.5 points and 4.4 assists on 45.9 percent shooting, including a blistering 44.9 percent clip from 3-point. He put together seven 20-point games, including a career-high 35 points against the College of Central Florida. Williams also showed his range with seven three-pointers on a 25-point night versus Hillsborough.
In his lone season with Ole Miss, the junior averaged 3.1 points in 13.3 minutes per game, but he shot 40.3 percent from the field and 44.0 percent from beyond the 3-point line.
He showed his potential in front of the OSU coaches by posting a career-high 15 points in the 21-point comeback over Penn State, including the game-winning free throws with 13 seconds left at the NIT Tip-Off.
Bernard Kouma (pronounced: KOO-muh)
6-10 – 240 – So. – F – N'Djamena, Chad, Africa – South Plains College
Big man Bernard Kouma, who shot 57.3 percent for South Plains College last season will provide an immediate injection of size and skill in the paint for the Cowboys in 2020-21.
Kouma averaged 4.1 points and posted three double-digit scoring games, including a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double against Lamar State-Port Arthur on Nov. 9. Effective in the paint, Kouma tallied 10 double-digit rebound games last year.
Kouma was a standout at Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School in the Bronx, New York, where he was ranked among the nation's top 400 recruits of 2018 according to 247Sports.
A native of N'Djamena in Chad, Africa, Kouma moved to the United States for high school. He started his prep career at Redemption Christian Academy in Northfield, Massachusetts, before transferring to Our Saviour Lutheran in Queens, New York.
He averaged 14.3 points, 11.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks as a senior, earning Great Atlantic Conference North Division I second-team honors. In his best outing, Kouma put up 29 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks against Roselle Catholic at the Barclays Center.
Kouma played on the Nike EYBL circuit for the New York Lightning, and originally signed with Illinois prior to attending South Plains.
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