FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas guard Mason Jones has had a big week from an awards standpoint.
The 6-5 junior was named one of five finalists Tuesday for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Jones is joined by Butler’s Kamar Baldwin, Creighton’s Ty-Shon Alexander, Georgia’s Anthony Edwards and Seton Hall’s Myles Powell. Jones, of DeSoto, Texas, had not been on the previous West Award watch lists, but played his way onto it.
The West Award was created in 2014. It has been won by Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell, Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield, Kentucky’s Malik Monk, Purdue’s Carsen Edwards and Duke’s RJ Barrett.