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Monday recruiting tidbits: Vegas rewind

Arkansas forward target Garrison Brooks had a good showing at the Adidas Summer Championships in Las Vegas.
Arkansas forward target Garrison Brooks had a good showing at the Adidas Summer Championships in Las Vegas.

Arkansas coaches were all over Las Vegas this past week to check on numerous prospects, including three commitments.

The Razorback coaches attended every game of the 2017 commitments, Team Portis Wings center Daniel Gafford and Team Magic Elite small forward Darious Hall.

The coaches also made every game of the 16-under Arkansas Hawks to watch 2019 point guard commitment Justice Hill, 2018 forwards Reggie Perry and Ethan Henderson along with 2018 guards Desi Sills and Isaiah Joe.

Arkansas forward target Garrison Brooks of Team Carroll also saw the coaches at all of his games. His father, George, who is an assistant at Mississippi State, was also at his games.

Brooks and Hall plan to visit Fayetteville in early August.

If there was one player that I saw that helped his stock, it would definitely be Sills. He scored 8, 21, 25, 21 and 18 points in the five games at the Adidas Summer Championships.

He is fearless driving to the basket and usually scores or gets fouled. Sills shot 58 percent from the field while averaging 6 rebounds a game.

Perry scored 25, 15, 10, 10 and 22 points for the week and averaged 8 rebounds a game. There are very few guys Perry's size that can take the defender off the dribble. He did that fairly often in Vegas.

Henderson had games of 17, 12, 19, 18 and 7 points while shooting 65 percent from the field.

Brooks averaged 17.6 points and 8.4 rebounds while shooting 59 percent from the field.

When Arkansas receiver commitment Maleek Barkley of Lake Travis, Texas showed up for his visit on Thursday, the coaching staff was in a meeting. He and his family were escorted into the meeting where all the coaches introduced themselves.

He and his family attended the lifting session on top of the south end zone.

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