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Clayton scores 31, Ohio knocks off Northern Illinois 108-70

AP
Jan 11, 2025

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) (AP) - AJ Clayton's 31 points led Ohio over Northern Illinois 108-70 on Saturday.

Clayton shot 10 of 12 from the field, including 9 for 10 from 3-point range, and went 2 for 4 from the line for the Bobcats (9-6, 3-0 Mid-American Conference). Jackson Paveletzke added 19 points while finishing 9 of 10 from the floor while they also had five assists. Shereef Mitchell had 15 points and shot 3 for 7 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line.

The Huskies (4-11, 0-3) were led by Quentin Jones, who posted 25 points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals. Northern Illinois also got 14 points from Quaran McPherson. Nasir Muhammad and James Dent Jr. both had 12 points.

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Both teams next play Tuesday. Ohio hosts Ball State and Northern Illinois plays Miami (OH) at home.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
NIU
Huskies
39
OHIO
Bobcats
57

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Huskies gains possession)
19:47		AJ Clayton personal foul (Ethan Butler draws the foul)
19:38		James Dent Jr. turnover (traveling)
19:21	+2	Aidan Hadaway makes two point layup (Jackson Paveletzke assists)	0-2
18:59	+2	Ethan Butler makes two point layup	2-2
18:31	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point jump shot	2-4
18:10		James Dent Jr. misses two point jump shot
18:08		AJ Brown defensive rebound
18:05	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (AJ Brown assists)	2-7
17:45		Elmore James personal foul
17:37	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point jump shot (Quaran McPherson assists)	4-7
17:15		Tsvet Sotirov personal foul
17:15	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (Jackson Paveletzke assists)	4-10
17:14		Ethan Butler turnover (out of bounds)
17:01	+2	AJ Clayton makes two point dunk (Jackson Paveletzke assists)	4-12
17:01	+3	Tsvet Sotirov makes three point jump shot (James Dent Jr. assists)	7-12
16:59		Jackson Paveletzke turnover (bad pass)
15:56		Tsvet Sotirov misses three point jump shot
15:54		AJ Clayton defensive rebound
15:41	+3	Jackson Paveletzke makes three point jump shot (AJ Clayton assists)	7-15
15:26		AJ Clayton blocks Ethan Butler's two point layup
15:26		Huskies offensive rebound
15:26		TV timeout
15:21	+3	James Dent Jr. makes three point jump shot (Quentin Jones assists)	10-15
14:57		Jackson Paveletzke turnover (Joe Munden Jr. steals)
14:51	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	12-15
14:36		Shereef Mitchell turnover (Joe Munden Jr. steals)
14:36	+2	James Dent Jr. makes two point layup (Joe Munden Jr. assists)	14-15
14:25	+3	AJ Brown makes three point jump shot (Aidan Hadaway assists)	14-18
13:59		Ethan Butler misses two point layup
13:57		Huskies offensive rebound
13:51		James Dent Jr. misses three point jump shot
13:49		Aidan Hadaway defensive rebound
13:44		Shereef Mitchell turnover (bad pass)
13:24	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point jump shot	16-18
13:19		Joe Munden Jr. personal foul
13:10		Ajay Sheldon misses three point jump shot
13:10		Bobcats offensive rebound
13:10		Jayden Mott personal foul
13:07		Ajay Sheldon misses three point jump shot
13:05		Quaran McPherson defensive rebound
13:00		Quaran McPherson turnover (AJ Clayton steals)
12:53	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (Shereef Mitchell assists)	16-21
12:53		Quaran McPherson shooting foul (AJ Clayton draws the foul)
12:53	+1	AJ Clayton makes regular free throw 1 of 1	16-22
12:43		AJ Clayton blocks Nasir Muhammad's two point layup
12:41		Bobcats defensive rebound
12:32		Elmore James misses three point jump shot
12:30		Quentin Jones defensive rebound
12:23	+3	Nasir Muhammad makes three point jump shot (James Dent Jr. assists)	19-22
12:12	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (Shereef Mitchell assists)	19-25
11:45		Jayden Mott turnover (Elmore James steals)
11:40	+2	Ajay Sheldon makes two point layup (Elmore James assists)	19-27
11:23		Ajay Sheldon shooting foul
11:23		TV timeout
11:23		Jayden Mott misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:23		Jayden Mott misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:23		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
11:08	+2	Vic Searls makes two point layup (AJ Clayton assists)	19-29
10:56	+3	Quaran McPherson makes three point jump shot (Quentin Jones assists)	22-29
10:40		Shereef Mitchell turnover (Quentin Jones steals)
10:33	+2	Quaran McPherson makes two point layup	24-29
10:26	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (Shereef Mitchell assists)	24-32
10:08		Quentin Jones misses three point jump shot
10:06		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
10:01		Jayden Mott shooting foul (Shereef Mitchell draws the foul)
10:01	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-33
10:01	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-34
9:34		Nasir Muhammad misses two point layup
9:32		Aidan Hadaway defensive rebound
9:22		AJ Clayton misses two point jump shot
9:20		Nasir Muhammad defensive rebound
9:16		AJ Clayton shooting foul (Quentin Jones draws the foul)
9:16	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-34
9:16	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-34
8:59		Ethan Butler shooting foul
8:59		Ayden Evans misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:59		Ayden Evans misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:59		Nasir Muhammad defensive rebound
8:34		Quaran McPherson misses three point jump shot
8:32		Quentin Jones offensive rebound
8:26	+2	Quaran McPherson makes two point layup	28-34
8:06		Aidan Hadaway misses three point jump shot
8:04		Ayden Evans offensive rebound
7:51	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point jump shot (Aidan Hadaway assists)	28-36
7:35		Quaran McPherson misses three point jump shot
7:34		Bobcats defensive rebound
7:34		Ethan Butler personal foul
7:34		TV timeout
7:34	+1	Ayden Evans makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-37
7:34	+1	Ayden Evans makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-38
7:16		Quentin Jones misses two point layup
7:14		Jackson Paveletzke defensive rebound
7:01		Elmore James misses three point jump shot
6:59		Aidan Hadaway offensive rebound
6:52	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point jump shot	28-40
6:30		James Dent Jr. misses three point jump shot
6:28		Aidan Hadaway defensive rebound
6:17	+3	Elmore James makes three point jump shot (AJ Brown assists)	28-43
6:16		Huskies 30 second timeout
5:55		Quentin Jones misses two point layup
5:53		Huskies offensive rebound
5:47		Vic Searls shooting foul
5:47	+1	James Dent Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-43
5:47	+1	James Dent Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-43
5:32		Kailon Nicholls personal foul
5:32		Jackson Paveletzke misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:32		Huskies defensive rebound
5:18		James Dent Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:16		Jackson Paveletzke defensive rebound
5:01	+2	AJ Brown makes two point layup	30-45
5:01		Quaran McPherson shooting foul (AJ Brown draws the foul)
5:01		AJ Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:01		James Dent Jr. defensive rebound
4:45		AJ Brown personal foul
4:36	+3	James Dent Jr. makes three point jump shot (Quentin Jones assists)	33-45
4:14		Jackson Paveletzke turnover (Quentin Jones steals)
4:00		Tsvet Sotirov misses three point jump shot
3:58		Bobcats defensive rebound
3:58		Quentin Jones personal foul
3:58		TV timeout
3:58	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-46
3:58	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-47
3:49		AJ Brown personal foul
3:49		James Dent Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:49		Aidan Hadaway defensive rebound
3:26		Ajay Sheldon turnover
3:13	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	35-47
3:04	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point layup (Vic Searls assists)	35-49
2:47		Tsvet Sotirov turnover
2:26		Ajay Sheldon misses three point jump shot
2:24		Huskies defensive rebound
2:11		Quentin Jones offensive foul
2:11		Quentin Jones turnover (offensive foul)
2:00	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point layup (Aidan Hadaway assists)	35-51
1:43		Nasir Muhammad misses two point jump shot
1:41		Aidan Hadaway defensive rebound
1:16		Jackson Paveletzke misses two point jump shot
1:14		Aidan Hadaway offensive rebound
1:10	+2	Aidan Hadaway makes two point tip layup	35-53
0:57	+3	Nasir Muhammad makes three point jump shot (Kailon Nicholls assists)	38-53
0:47	+2	Aidan Hadaway makes two point dunk	38-55
0:40		Vic Searls personal foul (Quentin Jones draws the foul)
0:40	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-55
0:40		Quentin Jones misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:40		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
0:35		Bobcats 30 second timeout
0:23		Ayden Evans turnover (offensive goaltending)
0:05		Quentin Jones misses two point layup
0:03		Ajay Sheldon defensive rebound
0:03		Joe Munden Jr. personal foul (Ajay Sheldon draws the foul)
0:03	+1	Ajay Sheldon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-56
0:03	+1	Ajay Sheldon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-57
0:01		Quentin Jones misses three point jump shot
0:00		Bobcats defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
NIU
Huskies
31
OHIO
Bobcats
51

Time		Play	Score
19:34		Jackson Paveletzke turnover (Quaran McPherson steals)
19:30		AJ Brown personal foul (Quaran McPherson draws the foul)
19:30		Quaran McPherson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
19:30		Quaran McPherson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
19:30		Aidan Hadaway defensive rebound
19:08	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point jump shot	39-59
18:48		James Dent Jr. misses two point jump shot
18:46		AJ Brown defensive rebound
18:40		Elmore James misses two point jump shot
18:38		Quentin Jones defensive rebound
18:34	+2	Quaran McPherson makes two point layup (Quentin Jones assists)	41-59
18:26	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (Jackson Paveletzke assists)	41-62
18:04		Quaran McPherson misses two point jump shot
18:02		AJ Clayton defensive rebound
17:52		Elmore James misses three point jump shot
17:50		Tsvet Sotirov defensive rebound
17:36		Quaran McPherson misses three point jump shot
17:34		Jackson Paveletzke defensive rebound
17:28		Elmore James turnover (traveling)
17:14	+3	Quentin Jones makes three point jump shot (James Dent Jr. assists)	44-62
17:01	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (Jackson Paveletzke assists)	44-65
16:46		Tsvet Sotirov turnover
16:32	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (Aidan Hadaway assists)	44-68
16:17		Quentin Jones misses two point jump shot
16:17		Jayden Mott offensive rebound
16:17		AJ Brown personal foul
16:12		Elmore James personal foul
16:09	+3	Nasir Muhammad makes three point jump shot (Tsvet Sotirov assists)	47-68
15:48		Nasir Muhammad personal foul
15:48		TV timeout
15:44		AJ Clayton misses three point jump shot
15:42		Quentin Jones defensive rebound
15:24		Kailon Nicholls misses three point jump shot
15:22		Aidan Hadaway defensive rebound
15:16		Shereef Mitchell turnover (Kailon Nicholls steals)
15:11		James Dent Jr. misses three point jump shot
15:09		Bobcats defensive rebound
14:53	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point layup	47-70
14:34		Kailon Nicholls misses three point jump shot
14:32		AJ Clayton defensive rebound
14:26	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point layup	47-72
14:26		Kailon Nicholls shooting foul (Jackson Paveletzke draws the foul)
14:26		Jackson Paveletzke misses regular free throw 1 of 1
14:26		Ethan Butler defensive rebound
14:16		James Dent Jr. misses two point layup
14:14		Elijah Elliott defensive rebound
13:52		Vic Searls turnover (James Dent Jr. steals)
13:45	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	49-72
13:33		Shereef Mitchell misses three point jump shot
13:31		Vic Searls offensive rebound
13:29	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (Vic Searls assists)	49-75
13:29		James Dent Jr. shooting foul (AJ Clayton draws the foul)
13:29	+1	AJ Clayton makes regular free throw 1 of 1	49-76
13:16		Nasir Muhammad misses two point jump shot
13:14		Vic Searls defensive rebound
13:03		James Dent Jr. shooting foul (AJ Clayton draws the foul)
13:03		AJ Clayton misses regular free throw 1 of 1
13:03		AJ Clayton misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:03		Quentin Jones defensive rebound
13:03		AJ Clayton technical foul
13:03		AJ Clayton turnover
12:47		James Dent Jr. technical foul
13:03		James Dent Jr. turnover
12:47		Ajay Sheldon personal foul
12:34		Quaran McPherson misses two point layup
12:32		AJ Clayton defensive rebound
12:25	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point layup	49-78
12:25		Quentin Jones shooting foul (Elijah Elliott draws the foul)
12:25	+1	Elijah Elliott makes regular free throw 1 of 1	49-79
12:04		Quaran McPherson misses three point jump shot
12:02		Elijah Elliott defensive rebound
12:02		Quaran McPherson personal foul (Shereef Mitchell draws the foul)
12:02	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-80
12:02	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-81
11:49	+2	James Dent Jr. makes two point layup	51-81
11:38		TV timeout
11:28		Shereef Mitchell misses two point layup
11:26		Joe Munden Jr. defensive rebound
11:15		James Dent Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:13		Aidan Hadaway defensive rebound
10:52		Steven Tipton blocks Elijah Elliott's two point layup
10:50		Nasir Muhammad defensive rebound
10:47		Shereef Mitchell personal foul
10:35	+2	Ethan Butler makes two point layup	53-81
10:16	+2	Aidan Hadaway makes two point jump shot	53-83
10:02		Steven Tipton misses three point jump shot
10:00		Huskies offensive rebound
9:45		Nasir Muhammad misses two point jump shot
9:43		Ajay Sheldon defensive rebound
9:39		James Dent Jr. shooting foul (Ayden Evans draws the foul)
9:39	+1	Ayden Evans makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-84
9:39	+1	Ayden Evans makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-85
9:30		Ajay Sheldon shooting foul (Quentin Jones draws the foul)
9:30	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-85
9:30	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-85
9:05		AJ Brown misses two point jump shot
9:03		AJ Brown offensive rebound
9:00	+3	Ajay Sheldon makes three point jump shot (Elijah Elliott assists)	55-88
8:49		Quentin Jones turnover (Ajay Sheldon steals)
8:48		James Dent Jr. shooting foul (Ajay Sheldon draws the foul)
8:48		Ajay Sheldon misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:48		Quentin Jones defensive rebound
8:48	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	57-88
8:03	+2	Aidan Hadaway makes two point layup	57-90
7:58		Elijah Elliott personal foul
7:58		TV timeout
7:58		Quentin Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:58		Aidan Hadaway defensive rebound
7:44		Ayden Evans turnover
7:24		Aidan Hadaway shooting foul (Quaran McPherson draws the foul)
7:24		Quaran McPherson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:24		Quaran McPherson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:24		Ayden Evans defensive rebound
7:10	+3	Shereef Mitchell makes three point jump shot (Ayden Evans assists)	57-93
6:56	+3	Quaran McPherson makes three point jump shot (Quentin Jones assists)	60-93
6:36		Shereef Mitchell turnover
6:22		Quentin Jones misses two point layup
6:20		Elijah Elliott defensive rebound
6:17		Elijah Elliott misses two point dunk
6:15		Quaran McPherson defensive rebound
6:10	+2	Quaran McPherson makes two point layup	62-93
5:58		Shereef Mitchell misses two point layup
5:56		Quaran McPherson defensive rebound
5:52		Quaran McPherson misses three point jump shot
5:50		Elijah Elliott defensive rebound
5:41		Quaran McPherson personal foul (AJ Brown draws the foul)
5:41	+1	AJ Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-94
5:41	+1	AJ Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-95
5:17	+3	Nasir Muhammad makes three point jump shot (Kailon Nicholls assists)	65-95
5:07	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point layup	65-97
5:01		Shereef Mitchell personal foul (Quentin Jones draws the foul)
5:01		Quentin Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:01	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-97
4:49		Elijah Elliott misses two point layup
4:47		Tsvet Sotirov defensive rebound
4:42		Nasir Muhammad misses two point layup
4:40		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
4:30	+3	Shereef Mitchell makes three point jump shot (Ben Nicol assists)	66-100
4:11		Kailon Nicholls misses two point jump shot
4:09		Ayden Evans defensive rebound
3:53		Ben Nicol misses three point jump shot
3:51		Tsvet Sotirov defensive rebound
3:43	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	68-100
3:30		Bobcats 30 second timeout
3:30		TV timeout
3:21		Ayden Evans misses three point jump shot
3:19		Quentin Jones defensive rebound
3:02		Steven Tipton misses three point jump shot
3:00		Ayden Evans defensive rebound
2:49	+3	Shereef Mitchell makes three point jump shot (Ben Estis assists)	68-103
2:35		Kailon Nicholls misses three point jump shot
2:33		Elijah Elliott defensive rebound
2:23		Shereef Mitchell misses three point jump shot
2:21		Steven Tipton defensive rebound
2:07		Tsvet Sotirov misses three point jump shot
2:05		Elijah Elliott defensive rebound
1:46		Ben Estis misses three point jump shot
1:44		Shereef Mitchell offensive rebound
1:39		Elijah Elliott misses three point jump shot
1:37		Quentin Jones defensive rebound
1:31	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	70-103
1:11	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point layup (Shereef Mitchell assists)	70-105
0:47		Quentin Jones misses two point jump shot
0:45		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
0:29	+3	Elijah Elliott makes three point jump shot (Shereef Mitchell assists)	70-108
0:07		Steven Tipton misses two point layup
0:05		Ayden Evans defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Ayden Evans defensive rebound