PROVO, Utah – BYU men’s basketball coach Mark Pope announced that 6-foot-2 guard Alex Barcello will transfer from Arizona to play for the Cougars. Barcello will sit out the 2019-20 season due to NCAA transfer rules and have two years of eligibility remaining.
The No. 2 recruit in the state of Arizona and a member of the ESPN Top 100 in 2017, Barcello prepped at Corona del Sol High School in Chandler, Arizona. A two-time Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year (2015, 2017), Barcello helped guide Corona del Sol to a pair of 6A state titles. During Corona del Sol’s run to the 2015 state title, Barcello scored 51 points in a state tournament game.
As a senior at Corona del Sol, Barcello averaged 24.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.9 steals while shooting 54.8 percent from the field, 39.5 percent from 3-point range and 89.3 percent from the free-throw line. Following his senior year, he advanced to the finals of the American Family Insurance National 3-Point Shooting Competition. Barcello concluded his high school career with 2,254 points.
Barcello played the first two seasons of his collegiate career at Arizona where he appeared in 51 games and averaged 2.9 points and totaled 48 rebounds, 35 assists and 13 steals. As a sophomore, he scored in double figures three times, including a career-best 16 points against Georgia Southern, 12 points at Utah and 14 points versus California.