Ex-Hog Bailey signs with Hungarian team

FAYETTEVILLE — Former University of Arkansas forward Adrio Bailey has signed his first professional contract.

Bailey, who played for the Razorbacks from 2016-20, joined the Oroszlanyi Sport Egylet Lions of the Hungarian A Division on July 19, according to the team’s official website. OSE finished with a 10-11 record in

2019-20.

A native of Campti, La., Bailey averaged 4.6 points on 48.8% shooting and 2.9 rebounds per game in his Razorbacks career. He improved his scoring average in each of his four seasons at Arkansas, jumping from 1.9 points per game as a freshman to a career-high 6.3 in his senior season.

Bailey started 74 of 124 games with the Razorbacks under Mike Anderson and Eric Musselman, including 56 of 66 games the last two seasons. Not considered a perimeter threat through his junior season – 2 of 12 from threepoint range – Bailey made 15 of

39 attempts (38.5%) in 2019-20. Tasked with playing center for a majority of last season, the

6-6 Bailey was a plus for Arkansas around the rim defensively, leading the Razorbacks with 45 blocks. No other Arkansas player finished with more than 16.

Bailey is the first player from the Razorbacks’ 2019-20 roster to sign a pro contract.

Jones, Joe invited to draft combine

FAYETTEVILLE — A pair of University of Arkansas basketball players have received invitations to the 2020 NBA Draft Combine.

Sophomore guard Isaiah Joe and junior guard Mason Jones were among the 105 potential participants for the event in which NBA teams voted on and invited the top 60 players who received the most votes. The combine was originally scheduled for May 21-24 in Chicago, but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

ESPN draft analyst Jonathan Givony reported Sunday that the league sent emails informing players that they had been selected to attend the combine “with a disclaimer that no decisions have been made about a date, format, location, or even if a combine will actually occur.”

The NCAA has given underclassmen until either 10 days after the combine or Aug. 3 — whichever comes first — to withdraw from the draft and return to college.

Jones, the Associated Press coSEC player of the year, declared for the draft in March and signed with an agent in May. Joe entered his name in the draft in April but left the door open for a potential return to Arkansas by not hiring an agent.

Joe and Jones are the third and

fourth Arkansas players to be invited to the combine since 2015, joining Jaylen Barford, who went undrafted in 2018, and Daniel Gafford, who was selected in the second round of the 2019 draft by the Chicago Bulls.

Originally scheduled for June 25, this year’s draft has been rescheduled for

Oct. 16.

Ford defeated in Cotton States final

MONROE, La. — Henderson State’s Mitchell Ford was defeated in 20 holes by Jack Gnam on Sunday in the championship of the W.E. Cole Cotton States

Invitational at Bayou DeSiard Country Club in Monroe, La.

Ford, of Little Rock, had a 2-up advantage through 13 holes against Gnam of Ridgeland, Miss., but lost the 14th. Halves on the 15th through 17th holes took the match to the 18th which Gnam won to force a playoff. After the pair halved the first hole of sudden death, Gnam secured the championship on the second playoff hole.

Ford was the 23rd seed in the 64-man match-play field and won four matches throughout the week to win the Palmer Bracket over Charlie Miller of Jackson, Miss., on his way to the final.