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Mizzou lands 6-5 hoops recruit from Ohio to fill last scholarship for this season

Missouri landed a men’s basketball commitment late Friday night from Christian Guess, a 6-foot-5 small forward from Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Guess, is a 2018 recruit who will be on campus Monday to join Missouri’s team. He takes the Tigers’ last scholarship for the 2018-19 season, which was vacated by Cullen VanLeer, who medically retired earlier this week. The Tigers announced Guess’ commitment on Saturday.

“We’re very excited to have Christian join our Mizzou Basketball family,” Mizzou coach Cuonzo Martin said in a release. “He has tremendous athletic ability and a scorer’s mentality. Christian’s competitive drive and desire to get better will fit right in with our program.