Justin Bufford - Hometown Hero

Men's Basketball 12/27/2023 5:14:00 PM Anthony Fiorella, MT AthleticsSelma, Ala.—If you've ever paid close attention to Justin Bufford on the basketball court, it doesn't take long to notice how he plays the game with a chip on his shoulder. Yes, he has dazzled the Murphy Center crowd with many catch-and-shoot threes from the corner late in tight games, but it's the little things that he does throughout the game that go largely unnoticed that really define who he is as a player.

Diving for loose balls, setting screens, fighting under the basket over a larger player for a rebound, they represent that blue-collar, hard-work mentality that Bufford gets from his hometown: Selma, Alabama. Life in…