Future Missouri guard co-MVP of McDonald’s Game; KU’s Kinney nets five points
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- Crowe Jr. and Caleb Holt named co‑MVPs as West wins 102‑86 in Glendale
- Taylen Kinney posts five points, three assists and a highlight dunk for East
- Girls game: Saniyah Hall scores 21 as East defeats West 91‑71
Future Missouri basketball player Jason Crowe Jr. and future Arizona Wildcats wing Caleb Holt were named co-MVPs of the 2026 McDonald’s All-America boys basketball game Tuesday night in Glendale, Arizona.
Crowe, a 6-foot-3 senior point guard from Inglewood (California) High School, scored a game-high 16 points on 8-of-13 shooting with five assists, while Holt, a 6-5 senior wing from Prolific Prep (California), contributed 11 points with five rebounds and four assists. Their West team defeated the East 102-86.
Crowe is the all-time leading scorer in California high school history.
Future KU player Taylen Kinney, a 6-2 point guard from Overtime Elite in Atlanta, scored five points on 2-of-8 shooting (1-of-4 from 3) with three assists, two steals and two rebounds. Playing for the East, he had a highlight reel breakaway dunk following his steal of a pass at midcourt. He also hit a 3 in the second quarter.
“Tay Kinney has a crafty handle and that handle helped him to be able to find advantages in spurts. He had the look of a score-first lead guard, hunting his shots off the bounce. He was able to get to spots, and as he continues to add strength, the reads should come more naturally to him,” wrote Jamie Shaw of On3.
Future Missouri Tiger Toni Bryant, a 6-9 forward from Southeastern Prep Academy in Florida, scored 14 points with five rebounds for the East. He was 2-of-4 from 3 and 6-of-11 overall.
Tyran Stokes, the country’s No. 1 prospect in the recruiting class of 2026, had 12 points on 5-of-13 shooting (1-of-4 from 3) with nine rebounds, three assists and two blocks for the winning West squad. The 6-7 Rainier Beach (Washington) senior wing has a recruiting list of KU, Oregon, Kentucky, Gonzaga and Washington.
In the girls game, future USC shooting guard/small forward Saniyah Hall scored 21 points to lead the East to a 91-71 win over the West.
Future KU player Cydnee Bryant, a 6-4 senior center from Centennial High in Riverside, California, and former Park Hill South standout Addison Bjorn, who is headed to Texas, played for the West team. No stats for those two players were available.
On3 wrote that Bjorn in the third quarter “helped spark a 9-0 run for the West, which built a 49-41 lead. … Bjorn has led the break multiple times.”
Cydnee Bryant’s brother, Carter, played in the McDonald’s game in 2024 before heading to Arizona for a one-and-done season. He was chosen No. 14 overall by San Antonio in the 2025 NBA Draft.
Cydnee Bryant is to play two sports in college — basketball and volleyball.
“Basketball and volleyball are my passions, and those are the things I love to do, and when I was getting recruited, my mom, my family, they were like, ‘If it’s really what you want to do, you have to make yourself a non-negotiable,’” Cydnee Bryant told nationaltoday.com at McDonald’s All-America media day. “And that’s who I am. So, basketball and volleyball are my non-negotiable, and you need to play at a high level in a league like the Big 12.
“It means the world to me to know that I have multiple different staffs and teammates that trust in my abilities to go out there and dominate in both sports.”
Future North Carolina player Kate Harpring of Atlanta scored nine of her 14 points in the second half for the winning East team after suffering a shoulder injury in the second quarter.
According to Max Preps, future Maryland player Jordyn Jackson of Springfield, Virginia, scored 12 points for the East while future LSU player Lola Lampley of Indianapolis added 10 points.
Future Texas player Brihanna Crittendon of Thornton, Colorado, and future Longhorn teammate Aaliah Spaight of Las Vegas each had 11 points to lead the West.
