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Missouri basketball’s action in the transfer portal may very well be complete.
The Tigers earned a commitment from South Dakota transfer combo guard Jordan Crawford on Tuesday, the player announced via social media. He is Mizzou’s fifth transfer pickup of the offseason and seemingly fills the last remaining need on the Tigers’ roster for the 2026-27 season.
Crawford started his career at College of Charleston, where he spent two seasons after signing in the Class of 2022. He transferred to Eastern Kentucky in 2024 and spent one season at the school. He then made the move to South Dakota, where he spent last season.
He is a 6-foot-3 redshirt senior from Charlotte, North Carolina. The guard will have one year of eligibility.
Crawford appears to be able to take both some floor-spacing and ball-handling duties, which was an area that Missouri needed to bolster with some depth.
The guard shot 36.8% from 3-point range last season with the Coyotes on 6.5 attempts from behind the arc per game. He averaged 14.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 steals per outing.
In 94 career games, Crawford has averaged a 34.7% mark from 3-point range and 9.0 points per game.
Mizzou needed some depth at point guard, especially, which Crawford should be able to provide.
The Tigers are expected to run five-star freshman Jason Crowe Jr. as the team’s primary ball-handler, but depth behind the exciting rookie was looking a little thin.
Mizzou has former Tolton grad Aaron Rowe at the position, but he did not see the floor as a true freshman and will need a strong offseason and some physical development to be an impactful SEC point guard.
The Tigers also added BYU transfer guard and St. Louis native Kennard Davis Jr. from the portal, and MU head coach Dennis Gates posted on social media that the team expects him to be a combo guard, meaning he should see the floor at both point guard and shooting guard.
Davis has experience at point guard from his time at Southern Illinois, but the 6-6 guard is more expected to be a floor-spacer and perimeter player with the Tigers.
Crawford isn’t likely to play a major role with Mizzou, but his stats suggest he’ll find a role with the Tigers as an impact reserve. Crowe will almost certainly eat up most of the available minutes at point guard, and Davis and Providence transfer Jamier Jones are the frontrunners to play the most at shooting guard.
According to CBB Analytics, Crawford took more attempts from 3-point range than any Mizzou player last season, with 8.5 shots per 40 minutes.
In Mizzou’s win over South Dakota this past November, Crawford scored a team-high 18 points with three made shots from 3-point range and a 7-of-15 shooting mark from the field.
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Mizzou now has 14 players on its roster, one short of the NCAA maximum of 15.
The Tigers seem likely to leave that spot open, like they did last season. That can be for any number of reasons, ranging from late prospects emerging on the international scene to potential midseason additions, as we saw with the widely unpopular Charles Bediako case at Alabama last season.
Crawford follows Davis, Jones, Tennessee big man Jaylen Carey, and Kansas forward Bryson Tiller as Mizzou’s offseason transfer portal adds.
Missouri lost point guards Anthony Robinson II and T.O. Barrett to Florida State and Vanderbilt, respectively, out of the transfer portal, and guard Sebastian Mack remains uncommitted in the portal.
According to the 247Sports leaderboard, Mizzou has this year’s 13th-ranked incoming portal class nationally.
This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Missouri basketball adds transfer portal combo guard from South Dakota
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The Tigers earned a commitment from South Dakota transfer combo guard Jordan Crawford on Tuesday, the player announced via social media. He is Mizzou’s fifth transfer pickup of the offseason and seemingly fills the last remaining need on the Tigers’ roster for the 2026-27 season.
Crawford started his career at College of Charleston, where he spent two seasons after signing in the Class of 2022. He transferred to Eastern Kentucky in 2024 and spent one season at the school. He then made the move to South Dakota, where he spent last season.
He is a 6-foot-3 redshirt senior from Charlotte, North Carolina. The guard will have one year of eligibility.
Crawford appears to be able to take both some floor-spacing and ball-handling duties, which was an area that Missouri needed to bolster with some depth.
The guard shot 36.8% from 3-point range last season with the Coyotes on 6.5 attempts from behind the arc per game. He averaged 14.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 steals per outing.
In 94 career games, Crawford has averaged a 34.7% mark from 3-point range and 9.0 points per game.
Mizzou needed some depth at point guard, especially, which Crawford should be able to provide.
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The Tigers are expected to run five-star freshman Jason Crowe Jr. as the team’s primary ball-handler, but depth behind the exciting rookie was looking a little thin.
Mizzou has former Tolton grad Aaron Rowe at the position, but he did not see the floor as a true freshman and will need a strong offseason and some physical development to be an impactful SEC point guard.
The Tigers also added BYU transfer guard and St. Louis native Kennard Davis Jr. from the portal, and MU head coach Dennis Gates posted on social media that the team expects him to be a combo guard, meaning he should see the floor at both point guard and shooting guard.
Davis has experience at point guard from his time at Southern Illinois, but the 6-6 guard is more expected to be a floor-spacer and perimeter player with the Tigers.
Crawford isn’t likely to play a major role with Mizzou, but his stats suggest he’ll find a role with the Tigers as an impact reserve. Crowe will almost certainly eat up most of the available minutes at point guard, and Davis and Providence transfer Jamier Jones are the frontrunners to play the most at shooting guard.
According to CBB Analytics, Crawford took more attempts from 3-point range than any Mizzou player last season, with 8.5 shots per 40 minutes.
In Mizzou’s win over South Dakota this past November, Crawford scored a team-high 18 points with three made shots from 3-point range and a 7-of-15 shooting mark from the field.
More: Missouri basketball’s Tre Gomillion named assistant at Cleveland State
More: How age-based eligibility could impact some top Missouri athletes
Mizzou now has 14 players on its roster, one short of the NCAA maximum of 15.
The Tigers seem likely to leave that spot open, like they did last season. That can be for any number of reasons, ranging from late prospects emerging on the international scene to potential midseason additions, as we saw with the widely unpopular Charles Bediako case at Alabama last season.
Crawford follows Davis, Jones, Tennessee big man Jaylen Carey, and Kansas forward Bryson Tiller as Mizzou’s offseason transfer portal adds.
Missouri lost point guards Anthony Robinson II and T.O. Barrett to Florida State and Vanderbilt, respectively, out of the transfer portal, and guard Sebastian Mack remains uncommitted in the portal.
According to the 247Sports leaderboard, Mizzou has this year’s 13th-ranked incoming portal class nationally.
This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Missouri basketball adds transfer portal combo guard from South Dakota
Continue reading...
