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Former Richland standout to

transfer to EWU from BYU

High-scoring Steven Beo, a former two-time All-State guard from Richland, Wash., will transfer to Eastern Washington University from BYU and play for the Eagle men’s basketball program.

New EWU head coach Shantay Legans announced Friday that Beo has confirmed his intent to enroll at EWU, and will sit out the 2017-18 season and have three years of eligibility after that.

Beo played in 31 games as a freshman for BYU in the 2016-17 season. He averaged 27.7 points as a high school junior in 2014-15 and 26.7 as a senior prior to graduating from Richland in 2016. In his four seasons at Richland, the Bombers won 82 percent of their games (80-18) and made a trio of appearances in the state 4A tournament.

“We’ve had a chance to watch Steven play a lot over the last few years — he had one of the best state tournament runs that I’ve ever seen at the 4A level,” Legans said. “Steven is a talented scorer, great defender and a high character person. He will fit right in with what we are doing on and off the court. There’s nothing we like more than getting great players from the state of Washington.”

At BYU, Beo played in 31 games, averaging 2.2 points per game and averaged 11 minutes per game.

Beo was a four-year starter at Richland.