MAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week
AJ Clayton, Senior, Forward, Ohio
Roseville, Ohio (Philo)
Senior forward AJ Clayton scored his 1,000th career point and led the Ohio men's basketball team to a 2-0 week, helping the Bobcats to a 3-0 start to MAC play. Overall, Clayton averaged 29.0 points per game, while going 20-of-30 (.667) from the field, 13-of-18 (.722) from three and 5-of-8 (.625) from there line. He also averaged 5.5 rebounds a game, 1.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 2.5 blocks on the week. Clayton's week started on Tuesday at Buffalo, where he led all scorers with 27 points, going 10-of-18 from the field, 4-of-8 from three and 3-of-4 from the line. He also added seven rebounds, three blocks and one steal in Ohio's 88-77 road victory. 
 
Clayton returned to action on Saturday and picked up right where he left off, hitting a three two minutes into the game to record his 1,000th career point. Clayton was not finished, wrapping up with game with 31 points, going 10-of-12 from the field, 9-of-10 from three and 2-of-4 from the line. He also had four rebounds and dished out two assists with one steal and two blocks in just 18 minutes on the court. Clayton's nine threes set a career-high for the senior and is the most threes in a game for a single Bobcat since 2020.