Oregon State Men’s Hoops Add Three Transfers to Roster for 2020-21 Season
Oregon State announced Thursday three more players will join the men’s basketball 2020 class.
Warith Alatishe is a 6-foot-7 forward from Houston, who played his last two seasons at Nicholls State. His sophomore year he started 29 of 31 games. Alatishe also shot 55.7 percent from the floor, while he averaged 10.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. He picked the Beavs over Georgia, Georgetown, Texas A&M and Wichita State.
“We’re extremely excited with our signing of Warith. He is an explosive athlete and plays with energy and tenacity, truly an impressive rebounder for his position and an incredible finisher in the paint,” head coach Wayne Tinkle said in the OSU Press Release. “He’s a talented player right now, but with him having to potentially sit out a year, we feel he’ll grow by leaps and bounds in that time. He’s really a great kid from a great family that we’re thrilled to be adding to our program.”
Rodrigue Andela is a 6-foot-8 forward from Cameroon. He attended Kilgore Junior College in Texas for two seasons. JucoRecruiting.com ranked Andela as the 28th best player in the nation for 2020. He averaged double-digit scoring in both his freshman (10.5 pts) and sophomore (12.4 pts) seasons. He was also a solid rebounder in each year, including 9.0 per game as a sophomore. Lastly, he shot at least 66.7 percent from the field in both seasons.
“I’m really excited to announce the addition of Rodrigue to our program. He’s a great young man number one, but a real warrior on the court. He brings a physicality to the post position we haven’t had in a while,” Tinkle said in the release. “At 6-foot-8, 245-pounds he’ll be a force down low on both ends of the court. He has extremely long arms and a great touch, but his best attribute may be how relentless he is on the boards. We can’t wait to get him out here and get to work.”
Finally, Tariq Silver is a 6-foot-5 guard from Clarksville, Tenn. He attended Tallahassee Community College in Florida last year. Like Andela, Silver was highly ranked by JucoRecruiting.com; Silver checked in at No. 17 of the best players for 2020. He did a little bit of everything, averaging 12.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. He also shot 45.5 percent from three. He chose the Beavs over several teams including Arkansas, Georgia and Texas.
“We’re thrilled to be adding Tariq to our squad as well. He started at a D-1 school so he’s not your traditional junior college player. He brings good size and physicality to the guard position and has the ability to play multiple positions,” Tinkle said about Silver in the release. “He played on a very deep and talented team at Tallahassee and was a very consistent scorer for them, shooting 46 percent from three, so he’s really going to be a valuable weapon. His size will allow him to be a great defender for us as well. He’s another great kid who is very excited to be joining our program.”
All three (Alatishe, Andela, Silver) will enter as juniors with two years remaining of their eligibility.
You can check out the Beavers full press release below.
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Three Student-Athletes Join Oregon State Men’s Basketball Program
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State head coach Wayne Tinkle and his staff announced Thursday the addition of three student-athletes who will join the Beaver basketball program beginning with the 2020-21 season.
The new additions include Warith Alatishe, a 6-foot-7, 200-pound forward, Rodrigue Andela, a 6-foot-8, 245-pound forward, and Tariq Silver, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard.
All three student-athletes enter Oregon State as juniors with two years of eligibility remaining.
They join a class that includes Isaiah Johnson, a 6-foot-7, 210-pound forward, who played at Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Calif., and signed this past November.
Warith Alatishe (pronounced war-uth al-uh-tee-shay)
Alatishe, a native of Houston, Texas, attended Nicholls State the last two seasons. As a sophomore he started 29 of the 31 games and averaged 10.9 points and 8.3 rebounds, while shooting 55.7 percent from the field. He played in 12 games as a true freshman.
He was selected to the All-Southland Conference Third Team following his sophomore campaign and tied the single-game school record with 16 rebounds in a win over Southeastern Louisiana.
Alatishe chose Oregon State over Georgia, Georgetown, Texas A&M and Wichita State.
He attended Westside High School in Houston, Texas and earned HISD All-District First Team honors and was named team captain as a senior. He led the team to titles at the McDonald’s Classic in Pasadena and the HISD Boys Tournament and was selected to the All-Tournament Team in both.
Wayne Tinkle on Warith Alatishe: “We’re extremely excited with our signing of Warith. He is an explosive athlete and plays with energy and tenacity, truly an impressive rebounder for his position and an incredible finisher in the paint. He’s a talented player right now, but with him having to potentially sit out a year, we feel he’ll grow by leaps and bounds in that time. He’s really a great kid from a great family that we’re thrilled to be adding to our program.”
Rodrigue Andela (pronounced rod-reeg ann-dell-uh)
Andela, a native of Yaounde, Cameroon, attended Kilgore (Texas) Junior College and is ranked the 28th best player in the nation by 2020 JucoRecruiting.com. He averaged 12.4 points and 9.0 rebounds as a sophomore, while shooting 66.7 percent from the field. As a freshman, he averaged 10.5 points and 7.1 rebounds with a field goal percentage of 67.4 percent.
He was selected to the All-Region XIV East Zone First Team following his sophomore season when Kilgore JC finished with a 21-9 record.
Andela was a three-star recruit by Rivals.com coming out of Aspire Basketball Academy at Bella Vista College Prep in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Wayne Tinkle on Rodrigue Andela: “I’m really excited to announce the addition of Rodrigue to our program. He’s a great young man number one, but a real warrior on the court. He brings a physicality to the post position we haven’t had in a while. At 6-foot-8, 245-pounds he’ll be a force down low on both ends of the court. He has extremely long arms and a great touch, but his best attribute may be how relentless he is on the boards. We can’t wait to get him out here and get to work.”
Tariq Silver (pronounced tuh-reek)
Silver, a native of Clarksville, Tenn., attended Tallahassee (Fla.) Community College last season. He is ranked the 17th best player in the nation by 2020 JucoRecruiting.com after averaging 12.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists, while shooting 45.5 percent from beyond the arc.
He was named the Panhandle Conference Newcomer of the Year and was a First-team All-Panhandle Conference selection. He was also named to the Fall Honor’s List.
Silver chose Oregon State over Arkansas, Cincinnati, Georgia, Temple, Texas, Toledo, Utah State and Wichita State.
He signed with Eastern Michigan out of high school and redshirted the 2017-18 season. He played in 22 games as a redshirt freshman in 2018-19 and averaged 3.3 points and 0.7 steals in 9.4 minutes.
Silver attended Northwest High School in Clarksville, Tenn., and was named the TN Sports 360 Player of the Year and The Leaf-Chronicle All-Area Player of the Year.
Wayne Tinkle on Tariq Silver: “We’re thrilled to be adding Tariq to our squad as well. He started at a D-1 school so he’s not your traditional junior college player. He brings good size and physicality to the guard position and has the ability to play multiple positions. He played on a very deep and talented team at Tallahassee and was a very consistent scorer for them, shooting 46 percent from three, so he’s really going to be a valuable weapon. His size will allow him to be a great defender for us as well. He’s another great kid who is very excited to be joining our program.”
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