Missouri landed five-star guard Jason Crowe Jr., a consensus top-five participant within the Class of 2026.
Crowe, a 6-foot-3 lefty combo guard from Inglewood (Calif.) Excessive Faculty, broadly was thought-about a cinch for Southern California till Missouri and Kentucky entered the image earlier in the summertime. The Tigers made their preliminary scholarship supply in June. Kentucky additionally was a contender. Crowe’s father was a teammate of present Wildcats assistant Jason Hart.
“Coach (Dennis) Gates is an outstanding coach and particular person, and his employees are nice individuals,” Crowe stated. “Our first dialog occurred throughout the USA tryouts. He was actually real. We talked about household and related on a significant degree. Coach Gates is a family-first particular person. On the courtroom, he is high-energy and aggressive.”
Crowe is first in scoring within the Nike EYBL with a mean of 23.6 factors per recreation. He would turn out to be the highest-rated recruit to attend Missouri since Michael Porter Jr. (2017) and Linas Kleiza (2013) ought to he stay dedicated to the Tigers for the subsequent yr.
–Area Degree Media
