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Mason leads Missouri State over Abilene Christian 87-69 at Paradise Jam

AP
Nov 21, 2023

SAINT THOMAS, Virgin Islands (AP) Alston Mason's 21 points helped Missouri State defeat Abilene Christian 87-69 at the Paradise Jam on Monday night.

Mason also contributed five assists for the Bears (4-1). Donovan Clay scored 19 points and added six rebounds. N.J. Benson shot 8 of 10 from the field to finish with 17 points, while adding 16 rebounds and three blocks.

Airion Simmons led the Wildcats (3-3) in scoring, finishing with 25 points and four assists. Abilene Christian also got 14 points and eight rebounds from Hunter Jack Madden. In addition, Ali Abdou Dibba had 11 points and two steals.

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1st Half
ABIL
Wildcats
37
MOSU
Bears
45

Time		Play	Score
19:59		(Wildcats gains possession)
19:48	+2	Ali Abdou Dibba makes two point layup (Airion Simmons assists)	2-0
20:00		(Wildcats gains possession)
19:48	+2	Ali Abdou Dibba makes two point layup (Airion Simmons assists)	2-0
19:33	+2	Donovan Clay makes two point layup (Matthew Lee assists)	2-2
19:11	+3	Cameron Steele makes three point jump shot (Airion Simmons assists)	5-2
19:03		Cameron Steele blocks Alston Mason's two point layup
19:03		Bears offensive rebound
18:59		Matthew Lee misses three point jump shot
18:55		Airion Simmons defensive rebound
18:39	+2	Airion Simmons makes two point jump shot	7-2
18:27		Cesare Edwards turnover (traveling) (Cameron Steele steals)
18:06	+3	Airion Simmons makes three point jump shot	10-2
17:54	+2	Matthew Lee makes two point layup	10-4
17:39		Donovan Clay personal foul
17:36		Cameron Steele misses two point jump shot
17:33		Donovan Clay defensive rebound
17:27		Alston Mason misses two point jump shot
17:25		Hunter Jack Madden defensive rebound
17:12	+2	Hunter Jack Madden makes two point layup (Airion Simmons assists)	12-4
16:55	+3	Matthew Lee makes three point jump shot	12-7
16:38		Nasir DeGruy turnover (lost ball)
16:35		Airion Simmons blocks Donovan Clay's two point jump shot
16:35		Kavion McClain defensive rebound
16:23	+2	Hunter Jack Madden makes two point jump shot	14-7
16:23		Chance Moore shooting foul (Hunter Jack Madden draws the foul)
16:23	+1	Hunter Jack Madden makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-7
15:56	+2	Alston Mason makes two point layup	15-9
15:42	+2	Hunter Jack Madden makes two point jump shot	17-9
15:35		Chance Moore misses two point layup
15:33		Wildcats defensive rebound
15:33		Damien Mayo Jr. personal foul
15:33		TV timeout
15:08	+2	Kavion McClain makes two point jump shot	19-9
14:51	+2	Donovan Clay makes two point layup	19-11
14:31		Cameron Steele turnover (lost ball)
14:09	+2	N.J. Benson makes two point layup (Matthew Lee assists)	19-13
13:46		Airion Simmons misses two point jump shot
13:44		N.J. Benson defensive rebound
13:39		Hunter Jack Madden personal foul
13:26		Alston Mason misses two point layup
13:24		Kavion McClain defensive rebound
13:12	+2	Airion Simmons makes two point jump shot	21-13
12:50	+2	N.J. Benson makes two point layup (Donovan Clay assists)	21-15
12:33		Kavion McClain misses three point jump shot
12:31		JV Seat offensive rebound
12:18	+3	Airion Simmons makes three point jump shot (Kavion McClain assists)	24-15
12:02	+3	Chance Moore makes three point jump shot (Donovan Clay assists)	24-18
11:35	+2	Ali Abdou Dibba makes two point jump shot	26-18
11:18		Chance Moore misses two point layup
11:16		N.J. Benson offensive rebound
11:10	+2	N.J. Benson makes two point layup	26-20
10:50		JV Seat misses three point jump shot
10:48		Wildcats offensive rebound
10:46		TV timeout
10:43		Immanuel Allen misses two point layup
10:41		Matthew Lee defensive rebound
10:29		Donovan Clay turnover (Kavion McClain steals)
10:16		Damien Mayo Jr. shooting foul (Hunter Jack Madden draws the foul)
10:16	+1	Hunter Jack Madden makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-20
10:16		Hunter Jack Madden misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:16		Donovan Clay defensive rebound
9:57		Donovan Clay misses two point jump shot
9:55		Airion Simmons defensive rebound
9:49	+3	Airion Simmons makes three point jump shot (Immanuel Allen assists)	30-20
9:34		Alston Mason misses three point jump shot
9:30		N.J. Benson offensive rebound
9:30		N.J. Benson misses two point layup
9:26		N.J. Benson offensive rebound
9:26		Airion Simmons shooting foul (N.J. Benson draws the foul)
9:26	+1	N.J. Benson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-21
9:26		N.J. Benson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:26		Raphe Ayres offensive rebound
9:17		Immanuel Allen personal foul
9:12	+3	Alston Mason makes three point jump shot	30-24
8:47		Raphe Ayres personal foul
8:47	+1	Immanuel Allen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-24
8:47		Immanuel Allen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:47		Donovan Clay defensive rebound
8:31	+3	Alston Mason makes three point jump shot	31-27
8:17		Ali Abdou Dibba misses two point jump shot
8:13		N.J. Benson defensive rebound
8:06		Immanuel Allen shooting foul (Matthew Lee draws the foul)
8:06		Matthew Lee misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:06	+1	Matthew Lee makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-28
7:52		Nasir DeGruy misses two point jump shot
7:50		Ali Abdou Dibba offensive rebound
7:47	+2	Ali Abdou Dibba makes two point layup	33-28
7:39		Matthew Lee turnover (lost ball)
7:21		Muodubem Muoneke misses two point layup
7:19		N.J. Benson defensive rebound
7:03		Cameron Steele shooting foul (Chance Moore draws the foul)
7:03	+1	Chance Moore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-29
7:03	+1	Chance Moore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-30
6:52		Nasir DeGruy turnover (bad pass) (N.J. Benson steals)
6:47	+2	N.J. Benson makes two point dunk	33-32
6:22		Cameron Steele misses two point layup
6:20		Raphe Ayres defensive rebound
6:01		Matthew Lee misses three point jump shot
5:59		N.J. Benson offensive rebound
5:48		Alston Mason misses three point jump shot
5:46		Nasir DeGruy defensive rebound
5:34		Hunter Jack Madden misses two point jump shot
5:32		N.J. Benson defensive rebound
5:15		N.J. Benson misses two point dunk
5:13		Hunter Jack Madden defensive rebound
5:06	+2	Nasir DeGruy makes two point layup (Hunter Jack Madden assists)	35-32
4:57	+2	Chance Moore makes two point layup	35-34
4:47		Airion Simmons misses two point jump shot
4:45		Chance Moore defensive rebound
4:36		Airion Simmons shooting foul (Alston Mason draws the foul)
4:36		Alston Mason misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:36	+1	Alston Mason makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-35
4:22		Ali Abdou Dibba turnover (bad pass) (Donovan Clay steals)
4:00	+3	Chance Moore makes three point jump shot (Donovan Clay assists)	35-38
3:34		Ali Abdou Dibba offensive foul
3:34		Ali Abdou Dibba turnover (offensive foul)
3:20		Chance Moore turnover (bad pass) (Kavion McClain steals)
3:04		Donovan Clay personal foul
3:03		Aidan Igiehon turnover (lost ball)
2:50	+2	N.J. Benson makes two point dunk (Matthew Lee assists)	35-40
2:24		Kavion McClain turnover
2:24		Aidan Igiehon personal foul
2:24	+1	Damien Mayo Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-41
2:24		Damien Mayo Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:24		Ali Abdou Dibba defensive rebound
2:08	+2	Ma'Shy Hill makes two point layup (Cameron Steele assists)	37-41
1:56		Matthew Lee turnover (bad pass) (Cameron Steele steals)
1:56		Alston Mason personal foul
1:56		Hunter Jack Madden misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:56		N.J. Benson defensive rebound
1:39		Ma'Shy Hill personal foul
1:39	+1	Matthew Lee makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-42
1:39	+1	Matthew Lee makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-43
1:22		Ma'Shy Hill misses two point layup
1:20		N.J. Benson defensive rebound
1:07		Kavion McClain personal foul
1:07	+1	Matthew Lee makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-44
1:07	+1	Matthew Lee makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-45
0:42		Kavion McClain misses three point jump shot
0:40		Chance Moore defensive rebound
0:15		Bears 30 second timeout
0:13		Matthew Lee misses three point jump shot
0:11		Ali Abdou Dibba defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
ABIL
Wildcats
32
MOSU
Bears
42

Time		Play	Score
19:52		Matthew Lee turnover (bad pass) (Airion Simmons steals)
19:39	+2	Hunter Jack Madden makes two point layup	39-45
19:39		Damien Mayo Jr. shooting foul (Hunter Jack Madden draws the foul)
19:38	+1	Hunter Jack Madden makes regular free throw 1 of 1	40-45
19:15		Matthew Lee turnover (lost ball) (Ali Abdou Dibba steals)
19:10		Ali Abdou Dibba turnover (lost ball) (Donovan Clay steals)
18:53	+2	Donovan Clay makes two point layup (Damien Mayo Jr. assists)	40-47
18:42	+3	Cameron Steele makes three point jump shot (Hunter Jack Madden assists)	43-47
18:31	+2	Alston Mason makes two point layup	43-49
18:30		Kavion McClain personal foul
18:30		Alston Mason misses regular free throw 1 of 1
18:29		Hunter Jack Madden defensive rebound
18:16	+2	Airion Simmons makes two point layup (Ali Abdou Dibba assists)	45-49
17:36		Damien Mayo Jr. shooting foul (Ali Abdou Dibba draws the foul)
17:36	+1	Ali Abdou Dibba makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-49
17:36	+1	Ali Abdou Dibba makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-49
17:20		Matthew Lee turnover (bad pass) (Cameron Steele steals)
17:09		Cameron Steele misses two point jump shot
17:07		Donovan Clay defensive rebound
16:59		Alston Mason turnover (bad pass) (Cameron Steele steals)
16:54		Immanuel Allen misses two point jump shot
16:52		Donovan Clay defensive rebound
16:47		Hunter Jack Madden personal foul
16:38		Alston Mason misses three point jump shot
16:36		Matthew Lee offensive rebound
16:30		Cameron Steele personal foul (Chance Moore draws the foul)
16:30	+1	Chance Moore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-50
16:30	+1	Chance Moore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-51
16:13		Ali Abdou Dibba misses two point layup
16:11		Donovan Clay defensive rebound
16:03		Donovan Clay misses two point layup
16:01		Hunter Jack Madden defensive rebound
16:01		N.J. Benson personal foul
15:51	+3	Hunter Jack Madden makes three point jump shot	50-51
15:39		Ali Abdou Dibba personal foul
15:39		TV timeout
15:29	+2	Donovan Clay makes two point layup (N.J. Benson assists)	50-53
15:28		Immanuel Allen shooting foul (Donovan Clay draws the foul)
15:28		Donovan Clay misses regular free throw 1 of 1
15:27		Hunter Jack Madden defensive rebound
15:10	+2	Airion Simmons makes two point layup	52-53
15:08		Kavion McClain personal foul
15:00	+2	Alston Mason makes two point layup	52-55
14:38		Immanuel Allen misses two point layup
14:36		N.J. Benson defensive rebound
14:17		Alston Mason misses three point jump shot
14:15		N.J. Benson offensive rebound
14:10		Chance Moore misses three point jump shot
14:08		Hunter Jack Madden defensive rebound
13:55	+2	Immanuel Allen makes two point layup (Airion Simmons assists)	54-55
13:43	+3	Donovan Clay makes three point jump shot (Matthew Lee assists)	54-58
13:19		Immanuel Allen misses two point jump shot
13:17		Matthew Lee defensive rebound
13:12		Chance Moore turnover (traveling)
12:59		Ali Abdou Dibba misses three point jump shot
12:57		Alston Mason defensive rebound
12:50	+2	Donovan Clay makes two point dunk (Alston Mason assists)	54-60
12:48		Wildcats 30 second timeout
12:27		N.J. Benson personal foul
12:27		Alston Mason personal foul
12:22		N.J. Benson blocks Ali Abdou Dibba's two point layup
12:20		Wildcats offensive rebound
12:19		Hunter Jack Madden misses three point jump shot
12:18		N.J. Benson defensive rebound
11:57		Cameron Steele shooting foul
11:57	+1	Donovan Clay makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-61
11:57	+1	Donovan Clay makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-62
11:41		Donovan Clay personal foul (Airion Simmons draws the foul)
11:40		Airion Simmons misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:40	+1	Airion Simmons makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-62
11:33		Airion Simmons personal foul
11:33	+1	Donovan Clay makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-63
11:33	+1	Donovan Clay makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-64
11:17		Cameron Steele misses three point jump shot
11:15		Ali Abdou Dibba offensive rebound
11:10	+2	Ali Abdou Dibba makes two point layup	57-64
11:10		Donovan Clay shooting foul (Ali Abdou Dibba draws the foul)
11:10	+1	Ali Abdou Dibba makes regular free throw 1 of 1	58-64
10:50	+3	Alston Mason makes three point jump shot (Matthew Lee assists)	58-67
10:45		Kavion McClain turnover (traveling)
10:45		Wildcats 30 second timeout
10:39		Chance Moore misses three point jump shot
10:37		N.J. Benson offensive rebound
10:32	+2	N.J. Benson makes two point dunk	58-69
10:11		N.J. Benson blocks Airion Simmons's two point layup
10:09		Chance Moore defensive rebound
9:59	+2	Chance Moore makes two point layup	58-71
9:28		Kavion McClain misses three point jump shot
9:26		Hunter Jack Madden offensive rebound
9:20	+3	Airion Simmons makes three point jump shot (Hunter Jack Madden assists)	61-71
9:11		Alston Mason misses two point layup
9:09		Cameron Steele defensive rebound
8:56		Chance Moore personal foul
8:56		Ali Abdou Dibba misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:56		N.J. Benson defensive rebound
8:38		Matthew Lee turnover (bad pass) (Immanuel Allen steals)
8:20		Aidan Igiehon offensive foul
8:20		Aidan Igiehon turnover (offensive foul)
8:20		Bears 30 second timeout
8:08	+2	N.J. Benson makes two point dunk (Matthew Lee assists)	61-73
7:48		Hunter Jack Madden turnover (N.J. Benson steals)
7:38	+2	Alston Mason makes two point layup	61-75
7:20		N.J. Benson shooting foul (Immanuel Allen draws the foul)
7:20		TV timeout
7:20	+1	Immanuel Allen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-75
7:20		Immanuel Allen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:20		Immanuel Allen offensive rebound
7:07		Kavion McClain misses three point jump shot
7:04		Chance Moore personal foul (Immanuel Allen draws the foul)
7:04	+1	Immanuel Allen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-75
7:04	+1	Immanuel Allen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-75
6:44		Raphe Ayres misses three point jump shot
6:42		Hunter Jack Madden defensive rebound
6:31		N.J. Benson blocks Airion Simmons's two point layup
6:29		Raphe Ayres defensive rebound
6:28		Immanuel Allen personal foul (Alston Mason draws the foul)
6:28		Alston Mason misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:28	+1	Alston Mason makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-76
6:16	+2	Airion Simmons makes two point layup	66-76
6:08		Alston Mason turnover (lost ball) (Kavion McClain steals)
6:07		Ali Abdou Dibba misses two point layup
6:05		Alston Mason defensive rebound
6:04		Ali Abdou Dibba personal foul (Alston Mason draws the foul)
6:03	+1	Alston Mason makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-77
6:03	+1	Alston Mason makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-78
5:46	+2	Airion Simmons makes two point layup (Kavion McClain assists)	68-78
5:18	+2	N.J. Benson makes two point dunk (Alston Mason assists)	68-80
5:15		Bears 30 second timeout
5:04		Airion Simmons misses two point jump shot
5:02		Raphe Ayres defensive rebound
4:49		Alston Mason misses three point jump shot
4:47		Ali Abdou Dibba defensive rebound
4:41		Airion Simmons misses two point layup
4:39		N.J. Benson defensive rebound
4:13		N.J. Benson turnover (lost ball)
4:02		Ali Abdou Dibba misses two point jump shot
4:00		Chance Moore defensive rebound
3:41	+2	Donovan Clay makes two point layup (Alston Mason assists)	68-82
3:13		Ali Abdou Dibba misses two point jump shot
3:11		Damien Mayo Jr. defensive rebound
2:47		TV timeout
2:46	+2	Chance Moore makes two point layup (Alston Mason assists)	68-84
2:46		Immanuel Allen shooting foul (Chance Moore draws the foul)
2:46	+1	Chance Moore makes regular free throw 1 of 1	68-85
2:27		Cameron Steele misses two point layup
2:25		Chance Moore defensive rebound
2:07		Matthew Lee turnover (bad pass) (Ali Abdou Dibba steals)
1:59		Ali Abdou Dibba misses two point layup
1:52		Chance Moore defensive rebound
1:35	+2	Cesare Edwards makes two point dunk (Alston Mason assists)	68-87
1:16		Nasir DeGruy misses three point jump shot
1:14		Matthew Lee defensive rebound
1:12		Bears 30 second timeout
1:02		Kanon Gipson turnover (lost ball)
0:37		Ma'Shy Hill turnover (lost ball) (Dawson Carper steals)
0:25		Bears turnover (10-second violation)
0:12		Dawson Carper shooting foul (Muodubem Muoneke draws the foul)
0:12		Muodubem Muoneke misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:12	+1	Muodubem Muoneke makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-87
0:00		End of period

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Muodubem Muoneke makes regular free throw 2 of 2