Story courtesy of the US Basketball Writers Association

INDIANAPOLIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has named five Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week for games of the week ending Sunday, Jan. 12. For the 2024-25 season, the USBWA continues its national player of the week program that has been affiliated with the Oscar Robertson Trophy since the 2009-10 season.

AJ Clayton, Ohio (Mid-American Conference)
The senior forward scored his 1,000th career point and led the Bobcats to a 2-0 week and a 3-0 start to MAC play. 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 the line. He also averaged 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. Clayton's week started last 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 scored 31 points, going 10-of-12 from the field, 9-of-10 from three and 2-of-4 from the line in the 108-70 win over NIU.