Washington State SG Cedric Coward enters NCAA transfer portal

Washington State shooting guard Cedric Coward has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3’s Jamie Shaw reported. He will have one season of eligibility remaining at his next stop.

Coward transferred to the Cougars this past offseason after playing the previous two years at Eastern Washington. He received a medical redshirt after suffering a season-ending injury just six games into the year.

Prior to the injury, Coward was one pace to have one of the best seasons of his college career. He averaged 17.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists through those first six games, including scoring 30 points in a Nov. 18 game against Northern Colorado.

The year before at Eastern Washington, Coward put up 15.4 points and 6.7 rebounds per contest on his way to being named first team All-Big Sky. He was considered the No. 38 overall player in the transfer portal according to On3 before committed to Washington State last offseason.

Coward played high school basketball at Central High in Fresno, California. He committed to Division III Willamette University for his first season and won the NWC Freshman of the Year after averaging 19.4 points and 12.0 rebounds per game.

Cedric Coward is the fourth Washington State player to enter the transfer portal so far this offseason. The Cougars are coming off of a 19-15 finish this past season and have also yet to add any players yet in the portal.

The college basketball transfer portal officially opened for business on Monday, March 24, and will close on Tuesday, April 22. As of this writing, more than 1,000 players had already entered their names.

Last spring alone, 1,962 Division I players tested the portal waters. Based on the early numbers from this year, even more could follow. For the first time in history, more than half of the points scored in college basketball were scored by players from the transfer portal, not high school, in the 2024-25 season.

In data gathered over the first two years with transfer windows, the NCAA found most athletes enter the portal within the first four weeks of the portal opening. The study showed that 73% of men’s and women’s basketball undergraduate athletes entered during the first four weeks. That increased to 82% for men and 86% for women in 2024.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.