Just a day after landing arguably the top over recruit in the Junior College circuit, new Missouri head coach Dennis Gates landed his second commitment. This time out of the transfer portal. The Bat signal went out and everyone stood at attention waiting on word:
It didn’t take long for word to trickle out that the commitment was from Deandre Gholston, a Gary, Indiana native by way of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Tallahassee Community College.
Gholston was the leading scorer for the Milwaukee Panthers each of the last two seasons, a team that featured Patrick Baldwin Jr, a potential first round draft pick who was playing for his father Patrick Sr.