Ohio’s Clayton record-breaking Mrytle Beach Invitational effort spurs Bobcat win
Ohio 85, Portland 73 – Ohio senior forward AJ Clayton tied a Myrtle Beach Invitational single-game record with 13 made field goals to help lead the Bobcats past Portland. In scoring the second most points in a tournament game with 34, Clayton made six 3-pointers and grabbed 12 rebounds.
Cal State Fullerton’s Khalil Ahmad set the MBI scoring mark in 2018 in a game against Monmouth when he made 13 field goals. Utah State’s Justin Beach has 33 points in a 2021 double overtime win versus Penn when he made 13 field goals in the contests. Clayton’s 26 field goal attempts, including 14 three-point tries, also set MBI single-game marks.
Junior guard Jackson Paveletzke had ten assists, giving him 21 for the tournament, one short of the MBI record with still a game to play. Villanova’s Collin Gillespie had 22 assists in three games in the 2019 MBI. Paveletzke had 11 assists in Ohio’s opening game Thursday in an 83-81 setback to Middle Tennessee.
The Bobcats roared out to a 28-10 lead and maintained a double-digit advantage for most of the game. Portland closed the gap to eight points at 57-49 with 11 minutes to play, but Ohio answered with a 13-2 run in barely two minutes to build a 70-51 lead.
Texas State 83, Princeton 80 – Tyrel Morgan scored 27 points on 9-of-14 shooting, and Tylan Pope scored 5 points in 26 seconds late in the game as Texas State recovered from a late Princeton rally to emerge with a victory in the final game of the second round of the Myrtle Beach Invitational.
Texas State led 70-57 with less than eight minutes to play before Princeton battled back behind a 12-point flurry from Xaivian Lee, who finished with a game-high 30 points. The Tigers led 77-74 with 2:30, but the Bobcats closed the game on a 9-3 run.
POINTS – 40, Khalil Ahmad, CS Fullerton vs. Monmouth, 2018 (made 13 field goals in the game)
POINTS, HALF – 29, Khalil Ahmad, Fullerton vs. Monmouth, 2018
- 34, AJ Clayton, Ohio vs. Portland, 2024 (made 13 field goals in the game)
- 33, Justin Bean, Utah State vs. Penn, 2021 (2OT, made 13 field goals in the game)
- 32, Jordan Dartis, Ohio vs. Middle Tennessee, 2019
- 31, Lamarr Kimble, Saint Joseph’s vs. West Virginia, 2018
- 31, Jordan Dingle, Penn vs. Utah State, 2021 (2OT)
- 31, Kyle Rode, Liberty vs. Wichita State, 2023
- 30, KJ Simpson, Colorado vs. Texas A&M, 2022
- 30, Marcus Foster, Furman vs. Liberty, 2023
- 30, Marcus Foster, Furman vs. Coastal Carolina, 2023
Assists, Games, Assists, Avg.
- Collin Gillespie, Villanova, 2019, 3, 22, 7.3
- Jackson Paveletzke, Ohio, 2024, 2, 21, 10.5
- Deion Lavender, Valparaiso, 2018, 3, 18, 6.0
- Jordan Walker, Tulane, 2019, 3, 18, 6.0
- Cameron Henry, Indiana State, 2021, 3, 18, 6.0
- Terrell Allen, UCF, 2018, 3, 17, 5.7
- Jason Preston, Ohio, 2019, 3, 16, 5.3
- Tyson Carter, Mississippi State, 2019, 3, 15, 5.0
- Mike Meadows, Saint Louis, 2018, 3, 15, 5.0