Former Arizona Wildcats guard Jordin Mayes was named the most valuable player at the 2017 Continental Basketball League Lagos May Madness tournament last weekend in Lagos, Nigeria.
Mayes led the Lagos City Stars over the Abidjan Raiders 73-59 in the championship game at Teslim Balogun Stadium on Sunday. He also won the three-point shooting contest of the tournament.
The MVP..The Star..congrats @jordin_mayes as he leads his team with 73pts to winning the Championship against @abidjanraidersgbc with 59pts pic.twitter.com/v390pZFa9a
— cbl_africa (@cbl_africa) June 4, 2017
“Getting this MVP award is the highlight of this tournament for me,” Mayes was quoted as saying by ThisDayLive.com. “I just played to get my team this far but I have been so touched receiving such a huge award from amongst so many talented players.”
🏀🏀🏀 pic.twitter.com/TaKhE67EOi
— Jordin Mayes (@jordin_mayes) May 28, 2017
Mayes averaged 27.3 points and 3.4 assists in seven games in the tournament.
The event was put together in celebration of 50 years of Lagos State. It featured six teams from Africa (three from Nigeria and one from Gabon, Ivory Coast and Cameroon).
The championship was Mayes’ second since his Arizona career came to an end in 2014. He was part of Providence’s 2015 championship team in the American Basketball Association (which has since been changed to the Premier Basketball League).
Mayes was part of Sean Miller’s second recruiting class in 2010. He averaged 3.4 points in 12.2 minutes a game in his Wildcat career, which spanned 136 games.
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