Women's Basketball Signs Transfer Saniah Tyler
4/9/2025 11:17:00 AM | Women's Basketball
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri women's basketball has inked transfer guard Saniah Tyler from Kentucky, head coach Kellie Harper announced on Wednesday.
Tyler averaged 10.2 points and made 13 starts while appearing in 32 games as a sophomore. During the campaign, she recorded a career-high 22 points in a win over Mississippi State, scored 20 or more points in two contests and 15 or more in six games. A staunch presence on the defensive end, Tyler notched two or more steals on five occasions.
A Florissant, Mo. native, she made 23 appearances and averaged 2.3 points and 1.2 rebounds in 2024-25 as Kentucky reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
As a freshman, Tyler appeared in nine games including three SEC contests.
A four-star prospect out of Incarnate Word, Tyler was tabbed the No. 22 point guard in the 2022 class. Named the St. Louis Post Dispatch All-Metro Player of the Year as a senior, Tyler led her high school team to an 85-4 record and two state titles. Over the course of her prep career, she amassed 1,174 career points with 401 assists.
With the addition, Tyler becomes the first-ever Incarnate Word graduate to sign with the Tigers.
Tyler also marks the first addition for Harper at Mizzou.
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