Crowe Named Gatorade Finalist, Boosts Missouri's Recruiting Class

0:00On March 20th, Jason Crowe Jr., the five-star guard headed to Missouri basketball, just made the cut as one of three finalists for the 20. 25-26 Gatorade National Boys, basketball player of the year award. This puts him right up there with the best high school talents alongside Arkansas-Commit Jordan Smith Jr., and Duke's Cameron Williams. Crowe finishes high school days as California's all-time leading score with 4,647 points total. He's ranked the number-five recruit in the class of 20-26 and picked up Gatorade California player of the year honors too. On the court, he averaged 43.3 points, 5.8 assists, and 4.3 rebounds per game, helping Inglewood high go, 28 wins, and 7 losses. Missouri fans see this as a huge boost for the strongest recruiting class in years. Crowe anchors it with forwards, 8 in Chronister, and Tony Bryan, and everyone expects the trio to hit the ground running for the Tigers.

1:02Other big nods like Nate Smith player of the year finalist and first team All-American only ramp up the hype as Crowe gears up for his college debut in Black and Gold.