Jones to Compete in NJCAA All-Star Game Saturday

Dallas College North Lake men's basketball player Darion Jones will compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

Players from all three NJCAA Divisions will compete in the All-Star Game. Dallas College Richland's Ed Trahan was also chosen to compete. Both Jones and Trahan will represent the South All-Stars.

Jones, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound sophomore guard from Austin, Texas, was an NJCAA Division III Second Team All-American this season. He also was named the Dallas Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player and a First Team All-DAC selection.

He averaged 14 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Jones reached double figures in 23 games, and scored 20 or more points seven times. He finished with a career-high 25 points in two games.

Jones was named the NJCAA Division III National Player of the Week Nov. 24.

NJCAA South All-Stars

Player                         School                         Yr       Pos      Ht       Hometown

Trey Fort                     Howard College          So        G/F      6-4       Jackson, MS

Noah King                  Kirkwood CC              So        G         6-2       Caledonia, MN

Elijah Elliott               Blinn College             So        G         6-0       Houston, TX

Michael Hogue           Walters St. CC            So        F          6-7       Chattanooga, TN

Jay Alvarez                 Sullivan County CC    So        G/F      6-4       Waynesboro, PA

Drew Gaston               College of DuPage      So        G         5-11     Shabbona, IL

Haxell Lendeborg       Arizona Western College       So        F          6-9            Pennsauken, NJ

Jaidon Lipscomb        Lakeland CC               So        G/F      6-5       Columbus, OH

Darion Jones               Dallas College North Lake     So        G         6-3       Austin, TX

Ed Trahan                   Dallas College Richland         So        F          6-5       Cypress, TX

Oscar Cluff                 Cochise College         So        C         6-11     Sunshine Coast, Australia

Coaches:         Jerry Carillo, Cochise College

                        Scott Schumacher, Blinn College

NJCAA North All-Stars

Player                         School                         Yr       Pos      Ht       Hometown

Curt Lewis                  John A. Logan College           So        G         6-5       Louisville, IL

Jeremiah Burke           Iowa Lakes CC           So        F          6-7       Milwaukee, WI

Don McHenry             Indian Hills CC           So        G         6-2       Milwaukee, WI

Jadrian Tracey            Florida Southwestern St. College       So        G         6-6            Fort Myers, FL

Trey Deveaux             Central CC                  So        G/F      6-5       Lincoln, NE

Romeo Aquino           Orange County CC     So        G/F      6-4       Newburgh, NY

Kevin Mateo               Brookdale CC             So        G         6-0       Hackensack, NJ

Carlos Hart                 South Georgia State College  So        G         6-6       Miami, FL

Mason Johnson           Milwaukee Area Tech So        F          6-7       Milwaukee, WI

Rob Whaley                Southern Idaho College          So        F          6-6            Farmington, UT

Bryan Quiller              Sandhills CC               So        F          6-5       Raleigh, NC

Blessing Adesipe        Miles CC                     So        F          6-6       Houston, TX

Coaches:         Paul Cisek, Brookdale CC

                        Randy Casey, Milwaukee Area Tech