Mizzou guard D’Moi Hodge invited to NBA G League Elite Camp pre-draft event

Missouri men’s basketball guard D’Moi Hodge, a senior for last year’s No. 7-seeded Tigers, has scored an invite as one of 45 participants at the NBA G League Elite Camp ahead of the 2023 NBA Draft.

The G League Elite Camp is a lower-level version of the NBA Draft Combine — and a handful of the top performers end up being invited to the premier pre-draft event in Chicago. The G League camp will take place May 13 and 14 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The NBA Draft Combine runs May 15-21.

Last season, Hodge averaged 14.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists. Notably, he shot 40.0% from three-point range and averaged 2.6 steals per game.

Hodge had 23 points with four rebounds and four steals in Missouri’s first-round NCAA Tournament win over Utah State. In the two games prior, he dropped 26 points in an SEC Tournament win over Tennessee and 21 points with nine rebounds in a semifinal loss to eventual No. 1 seed Alabama.

Earlier in the season, Hodge had a 30-point, seven-rebound outing in a win over SIU Edwardsville. He also posted a Missouri record 91 steals, finishing with five-plus in seven different contests.

Hodge, who began his career at State College of Florida before transferring to Cleveland State, was a finalist for the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year award his lone season at Missouri.