Former Vashon star Nicholas Randall commits to Mizzou men's basketball

COLUMBIA, Mo.

Missouri men's basketball picked up a verbal commitment from a St.

Louis-area prospect on Monday, the first time in more than four years that a player from the region has picked the Tigers.

Former Vashon star Nicholas Randall announced his commitment to Mizzou on Monday.

The 6-foot-7 wing is the second player in MU coach Dennis Gates' 2025 recruiting class.

He was a Post-Dispatch All-Metro selection after guiding the Wolverines to their fifth consecutive state championship last season and was voted Class 4 player of the year by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association.

In his junior season, Randall averaged 10.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, with eight double-doubles on the year.

All major recruiting services tab Randall as a top-90 player in the 2025 class.

After the season, Randall transferred to Compass Prep in Chandler, Arizona, where he'll play his senior year of high school basketball.

Current Missouri forward Trent Pierce played at the same prep school a couple of years ago.

Randall picked the Tigers over Creighton and San Francisco, which were his other finalists.

He joins Aaron Rowe as the two members of MU's 2025 class, which is expected to be smaller than the five-player group of freshmen who will make their debuts this season, starting November 4 against Memphis.

Rowe plays for Columbia's Father Tolton, giving Mizzou two in-state commitments.

He's been committed to his hometown school since December 2023.

The last St.

Louis-area men's basketball player to commit to the Tigers was De Smet's Yaya Keita, who played the 2021-2022 season at MU before transferring following the firing of then-coach Cuonzo Martin.

Keita is entering his third season at Oklahoma.

Early signing day for letters of intent to play basketball is November 13..

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