PULLMAN, Wash. – Junior college transfer, Isaac Bonton (6-3, 185, guard, Portland, Ore./Casper College), has signed a National Letters of Intent and will join the Washington State men's basketball program beginning with the 2019-20 season, Cougar head coach Kyle Smith announced Wednesday. 

"Isaac is an important addition to the program on many levels," Smith said. "He is an accomplished junior college player who was named Region 9 Co-Player of the Year. He led his team to a 32-3 record and won the Region IX Championship, reaching the NJCAA Tournament in Hutchinson, Kan. He is from the Northwest, a native of Portland, which enhances our footprint in the area."

A former member of the Montana State basketball team, Bonton comes to the Palouse after a season at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming. As a sophomore during the 2018-19 season, Bonton started all 31 games, averaging a team-best 21.4 points and 5.6 assists per game while adding 1.8 steals and 5.5 rebounds per game as he was named a NJCAA Second Team All-American. He helped lead the Thunderbirds to a 32-3 overall record en route to the Region IX Championship. Casper fell to Cleveland State CC in the NJCAA National Tournament. 

Bonton played 11 games for Montana State as a freshman in 2017-18 before transferring in December of 2017, averaging 7.8 points and 1.4 assists per game. Prior to MSU, Bonton started his high school career at Columbia Christian in Portland, Ore., where he earned first team all-State honors as a freshman before transferring to Parkrose High School for his final three years.  After transferring to Parkrose, he was named all-State as a sophomore and junior before missing time as a senior due to an injury.

Bonton will have two years of eligibility and be immediately eligible to play.