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Hog BB signee named MVP in All Star game

Jaylen Barford
Jaylen Barford

Arkansas basketball signee Jaylen Barford was named MVP of his last junior college contest at the National Junior College Coaches Athletic Association All-Star game at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Barford, 6-4, 205, of Motlow (Tenn.) Community College scored 20 points to help lead the Division I All Stars to a 104-100 victory over the Division II-III All Stars. He plans to report to Fayetteville later this month.

He led the nation in scoring with a 26.2 points a game and was named first-team National Junior College Athletic Association All American.

Barford, who was recruited to play point guard for the Hogs, was named the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association Player of the Year while leading Motlow to a 25-7 record this season and 48-13 record in two seasons. He finished second in career points at the school with 1,393.

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