Arizona State transfer center Shawn Phillips Jr. commits to Missouri

After spending the last two seasons in Tempe, Shawn Phillips entered the transfer portal for the second time in his career. He’s found his next home, committing to Missouri.

It’s easy to see why the Tigers were interested in Phillips (4.3 ppg. (55.5% FG), 3.7 rebounds). He’ll be hoping for a repeat of those numbers and then some with his new team over the course of the 2025-26 season.

Moreover, Phillips played the past two years for Arizona State. While with the Sun Devils, Phillips posted 5.4 points (56.5% FG), 4.3 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game in 54 appearances. That includes a career-best season this past year with statistics of 5.4 points (57.5% FG), 5.2 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks in 30 games played, which had him second on the team in blocks and third in rebounding.

That’s after Phillips spent his freshman year at LSU. In 20 games as a Tiger, Phillips put up 1.4 points (45.5% FG) and 2.2 rebounds per game.

Phillips, a Dayton, Ohio native, played his high school basketball at Dream City Christian in Glendale, Arizona. He was the No. 114 overall recruit there as a three-star prospect in the 2022 cycle. He was also rated as the No. 15 C and a Top-10 player out of Arizona. That’s according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. That made him the third-rated out of a four-signee class for Louisiana State that was in the Top-25 of On3’s 2022 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings.

Continuing, Phillips was one of the many to transfer during this portal cycle from ASU. The Sun Devils lost multiple others in Joson Sanon, Brandon Gardner, and Brycen Long with Sanon having already committed elsewhere, the day after his official entry, to St. John’s. In turn, Arizona State has added a new pair of players themselves in Maurice Odum (Pepperdine) and Marcus Adams Jr. (Cal State Northridge).

Phillips, a seven-footer, will be able to play at a lot of places with his size and experience to go with his past pedigree. We’ll see how Missouri utilizes him next season.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.

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— On3’s Sam Gillenwater contributed to this article.