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Paveletzke, Mitchell lead Ohio over Central Michigan 84-82

AP
Feb 18, 2025

ATHENS, Ohio Bobcats (AP) Jackson Paveletzke scored 22 points and Shereef Mitchell made two free throws with 16 seconds remaining as Ohio defeated Central Michigan Chippewas 84-82 on Tuesday night.

Paveletzke also contributed six rebounds for the Bobcats (14-12, 8-5 Mid-American Conference). AJ Brown scored 20 points and added seven rebounds. Mitchell shot 5 of 16 from the field, including 3 for 6 from 3-point range, and went 5 for 7 from the line to finish with 18 points.

Jakobi Heady finished with 35 points for the Chippewas (11-15, 4-9). Ugnius Jarusevicius added 25 points and six rebounds.

Paveletzke put up 20 points in the second half.

Both teams play again on Saturday. Ohio hosts Akron and Central Michigan travels to play Western Michigan.

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1st Half
CMU
Chippewas
41
OHIO
Bobcats
38

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Chippewas gains possession)
19:37		Ugnius Jarusevicius misses two point layup
19:35		Jackson Paveletzke defensive rebound
19:16		Shereef Mitchell misses two point jump shot
19:14		Cayden Vasko defensive rebound
19:05		Anthony Pritchard misses three point jump shot
19:03		Jackson Paveletzke defensive rebound
18:57	+3	AJ Brown makes three point jump shot (Jackson Paveletzke assists)	0-3
18:30	+3	Cayden Vasko makes three point jump shot	3-3
18:12		Elijah Elliott misses three point jump shot
18:10		Cayden Vasko defensive rebound
18:02	+2	Jakobi Heady makes two point layup (Anthony Pritchard assists)	5-3
17:39		AJ Clayton misses three point jump shot
17:37		Cayden Vasko defensive rebound
17:31		Elijah Elliott shooting foul (Ugnius Jarusevicius draws the foul)
17:31	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-3
17:31		Ugnius Jarusevicius misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:31		Elijah Elliott defensive rebound
17:21		Shereef Mitchell misses two point jump shot
17:19		Cayden Vasko defensive rebound
16:59	+2	Anthony Pritchard makes two point jump shot	8-3
16:41	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (Shereef Mitchell assists)	8-6
16:30	+3	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes three point jump shot (Anthony Pritchard assists)	11-6
16:12		Jackson Paveletzke turnover (bad pass) (Anthony Pritchard steals)
16:07		Elijah Elliott blocks Anthony Pritchard's two point layup
16:05		Kyler VanderJagt offensive rebound
15:52		AJ Brown shooting foul (Ugnius Jarusevicius draws the foul)
15:52		TV timeout
15:52	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-6
15:52		Ugnius Jarusevicius misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:52		Jackson Paveletzke defensive rebound
15:50		Jump ball. Jackson Paveletzke (Bobcats gains possession)
15:27		Elmore James misses three point jump shot
15:25		Kyler VanderJagt defensive rebound
15:05		Jakobi Heady misses three point jump shot
15:03		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
14:50	+3	Shereef Mitchell makes three point jump shot (Vic Searls assists)	12-9
14:17		Shereef Mitchell blocks Kyler VanderJagt's two point layup
13:56	+3	Shereef Mitchell makes three point jump shot (Vic Searls assists)	12-12
13:21	+2	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes two point layup (Kyler VanderJagt assists)	14-12
13:12		Bryan Ndjonga blocks Vic Searls's two point layup
13:10		Anthony Pritchard defensive rebound
13:06		Kyler VanderJagt misses three point jump shot
13:04		Jakobi Heady offensive rebound
12:57		Ugnius Jarusevicius misses two point hook shot
12:55		Bobcats defensive rebound
12:43		AJ Clayton misses two point dunk
12:41		Cayden Vasko defensive rebound
12:30	+2	Anthony Pritchard makes two point layup	16-12
12:10	+3	Ajay Sheldon makes three point jump shot (Jackson Paveletzke assists)	16-15
11:39		Kyler VanderJagt misses two point jump shot
11:37		Jakobi Heady offensive rebound
11:33	+2	Jakobi Heady makes two point layup	18-15
11:25		Anthony Pritchard personal foul
11:25		TV timeout
11:09		Ugnius Jarusevicius blocks AJ Clayton's two point jump shot
11:07		Cayden Vasko defensive rebound
10:53		Ajay Sheldon shooting foul (Jakobi Heady draws the foul)
10:53	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-15
10:53	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-15
10:42	+2	Shereef Mitchell makes two point layup	20-17
10:42		Cayden Vasko shooting foul (Shereef Mitchell draws the foul)
10:42	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	20-18
10:21	+3	Kyler VanderJagt makes three point jump shot (Jakobi Heady assists)	23-18
10:11		Cayden Vasko personal foul
10:04	+3	AJ Brown makes three point jump shot (Shereef Mitchell assists)	23-21
9:31	+2	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes two point hook shot	25-21
9:24		AJ Clayton misses three point jump shot
9:22		Kyler VanderJagt defensive rebound
9:10		Elijah Elliott personal foul
9:04		Vic Searls shooting foul (Ugnius Jarusevicius draws the foul)
9:04	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-21
9:04	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-21
8:54	+3	Shereef Mitchell makes three point jump shot (Jackson Paveletzke assists)	27-24
8:40		Jakobi Heady misses two point layup
8:38		Chippewas offensive rebound
8:35	+2	Cayden Vasko makes two point layup (Anthony Pritchard assists)	29-24
8:20	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point layup	29-26
8:02		Kyler VanderJagt misses three point jump shot
8:00		AJ Brown defensive rebound
7:54		Jump ball. AJ Brown vs. Ugnius Jarusevicius (Chippewas gains possession)
7:54		AJ Brown turnover (lost ball) (Ugnius Jarusevicius steals)
7:54		TV timeout
7:45		Kyler VanderJagt misses two point jump shot
7:43		Vic Searls defensive rebound
7:35		Shereef Mitchell misses two point layup
7:33		Ugnius Jarusevicius defensive rebound
7:28	+3	Cayden Vasko makes three point jump shot	32-26
6:55	+2	Shereef Mitchell makes two point jump shot	32-28
6:27		Kyler VanderJagt misses two point layup
6:25		AJ Brown defensive rebound
6:16	+3	AJ Brown makes three point jump shot (Vic Searls assists)	32-31
5:41		Jakobi Heady misses two point jump shot
5:39		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
5:33		Bryan Ndjonga shooting foul (Shereef Mitchell draws the foul)
5:33	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-32
5:33	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-33
5:17		Ugnius Jarusevicius misses three point jump shot
5:15		Bobcats defensive rebound
4:58		Jackson Paveletzke turnover (lost ball) (Cayden Vasko steals)
4:53	+2	Jakobi Heady makes two point dunk (Cayden Vasko assists)	34-33
4:40		Anthony Pritchard personal foul
4:20		Shereef Mitchell misses two point jump shot
4:18		Chippewas defensive rebound
4:06	+2	Jakobi Heady makes two point jump shot	36-33
3:42		AJ Brown misses three point jump shot
3:40		Ugnius Jarusevicius defensive rebound
3:39		Jackson Paveletzke personal foul
3:39		TV timeout
3:17		Jakobi Heady misses two point layup
3:15		Chippewas offensive rebound
3:06		Ugnius Jarusevicius misses two point jump shot
3:04		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
2:53		Shereef Mitchell misses two point layup
2:51		Cayden Vasko defensive rebound
2:45		Cayden Vasko turnover (bad pass) (Shereef Mitchell steals)
2:39		Jakobi Heady personal foul
2:18		AJ Clayton misses three point jump shot
2:16		AJ Brown offensive rebound
2:12		AJ Clayton misses two point layup
2:10		Ugnius Jarusevicius defensive rebound
2:00		Jackson Paveletzke personal foul (Jakobi Heady draws the foul)
2:00	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-33
2:00	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-33
1:35		Bryan Ndjonga shooting foul (Ajay Sheldon draws the foul)
1:35		Ajay Sheldon misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:35	+1	Ajay Sheldon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-34
1:10		Cayden Vasko misses two point jump shot
1:08		AJ Clayton defensive rebound
1:00	+2	AJ Brown makes two point layup (Jackson Paveletzke assists)	38-36
0:57		Cayden Vasko turnover (traveling)
0:45		AJ Brown misses three point jump shot
0:43		Jakobi Heady defensive rebound
0:41		Chippewas 30 second timeout
0:19	+3	Jakobi Heady makes three point jump shot	41-36
0:05	+2	AJ Brown makes two point layup	41-38
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
CMU
Chippewas
41
OHIO
Bobcats
46

Time		Play	Score
19:56	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point layup	41-40
19:28	+2	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes two point layup (Cayden Vasko assists)	43-40
18:57	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point layup	43-42
18:34		Shereef Mitchell shooting foul (Ugnius Jarusevicius draws the foul)
18:34	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-42
18:34		Ugnius Jarusevicius misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:34		Jackson Paveletzke defensive rebound
18:27		Jackson Paveletzke turnover (bad pass) (Jakobi Heady steals)
18:21		Kyler VanderJagt misses two point layup
18:19		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
18:16		Bobcats 30 second timeout
18:16		TV timeout
18:07		Elijah Elliott misses two point layup
18:05		Shereef Mitchell offensive rebound
18:01		AJ Clayton misses three point jump shot
17:59		Ugnius Jarusevicius personal foul
17:44		Jackson Paveletzke misses three point jump shot
17:42		Kyler VanderJagt defensive rebound
17:36		AJ Brown personal foul
17:32		Ugnius Jarusevicius turnover (lost ball) (Shereef Mitchell steals)
17:25	+3	AJ Brown makes three point jump shot (Shereef Mitchell assists)	44-45
17:23		Chippewas 30 second timeout
17:12	+2	Jakobi Heady makes two point layup (Kyler VanderJagt assists)	46-45
17:12		AJ Clayton shooting foul (Jakobi Heady draws the foul)
17:12		Jakobi Heady misses regular free throw 1 of 1
17:12		Jackson Paveletzke defensive rebound
17:08		Kyler VanderJagt shooting foul (Elijah Elliott draws the foul)
17:08		Elijah Elliott misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:08		Elijah Elliott misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:08		Ugnius Jarusevicius defensive rebound
16:45		Shereef Mitchell blocks Anthony Pritchard's two point layup
16:43		Bobcats defensive rebound
16:36	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point layup	46-47
16:08		Ugnius Jarusevicius misses two point layup
16:06		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
16:01		AJ Clayton misses three point jump shot
15:59		AJ Brown offensive rebound
15:52		Cayden Vasko shooting foul (AJ Brown draws the foul)
15:52		TV timeout
15:52		AJ Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:52	+1	AJ Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-48
15:21		Jakobi Heady misses two point layup
15:19		Jackson Paveletzke defensive rebound
15:05		Ajay Sheldon misses two point jump shot
15:03		Jump ball. (Chippewas gains possession)
14:49		Kyler VanderJagt turnover (lost ball)
14:29	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point jump shot	46-50
14:14		Shereef Mitchell shooting foul (Jakobi Heady draws the foul)
14:14	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-50
14:14	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-50
14:02	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point jump shot	48-52
14:02		Kyler VanderJagt shooting foul (Jackson Paveletzke draws the foul)
14:02	+1	Jackson Paveletzke makes regular free throw 1 of 1	48-53
13:46		Kyler VanderJagt turnover (lost ball) (Jackson Paveletzke steals)
13:40		Ajay Sheldon misses two point layup
13:38		Elmore James offensive rebound
13:27	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point jump shot	48-55
13:12		Vic Searls personal foul
13:09		Elijah Elliott personal foul
12:59		Kyler VanderJagt misses three point jump shot
12:57		Bobcats defensive rebound
12:37		Jackson Paveletzke misses two point layup
12:35		Anthony Pritchard defensive rebound
12:32		Ajay Sheldon shooting foul (Anthony Pritchard draws the foul)
12:32		Anthony Pritchard misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:32	+1	Anthony Pritchard makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-55
12:10		Elijah Elliott misses two point layup
12:08		Ugnius Jarusevicius defensive rebound
11:58	+2	Bryan Ndjonga makes two point layup	51-55
11:50		Vic Searls misses three point jump shot
11:48		Bobcats offensive rebound
11:48		Cayden Vasko personal foul
11:48		TV timeout
11:29	+2	Elijah Elliott makes two point jump shot	51-57
11:20	+3	Jakobi Heady makes three point jump shot (Anthony Pritchard assists)	54-57
10:58	+3	Elijah Elliott makes three point jump shot (Shereef Mitchell assists)	54-60
10:40	+3	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes three point jump shot (Anthony Pritchard assists)	57-60
10:20		Anthony Pritchard shooting foul (Shereef Mitchell draws the foul)
10:20		Shereef Mitchell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
10:20		Shereef Mitchell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:20		Ajay Sheldon offensive rebound
10:03	+3	AJ Brown makes three point jump shot (Vic Searls assists)	57-63
9:44	+3	Jakobi Heady makes three point jump shot	60-63
9:31		Shereef Mitchell misses three point jump shot
9:29		Kyler VanderJagt defensive rebound
9:15		Vic Searls shooting foul (Jakobi Heady draws the foul)
9:15	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-63
9:15	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-63
9:03	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point layup (Shereef Mitchell assists)	62-65
8:50		Elijah Elliott shooting foul (Bryan Ndjonga draws the foul)
8:50	+1	Bryan Ndjonga makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-65
8:50	+1	Bryan Ndjonga makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-65
8:31	+3	Jackson Paveletzke makes three point jump shot	64-68
8:06		Bryan Ndjonga misses three point jump shot
8:04		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
7:55	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (Shereef Mitchell assists)	64-71
7:53		Chippewas 30 second timeout
7:53		TV timeout
7:38		Anthony Pritchard misses two point jump shot
7:36		Ugnius Jarusevicius offensive rebound
7:36		AJ Brown personal foul (Ugnius Jarusevicius draws the foul)
7:36	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-71
7:36	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-71
7:08		Shereef Mitchell misses three point jump shot
7:06		Jakobi Heady defensive rebound
6:57		Shereef Mitchell personal foul (Jakobi Heady draws the foul)
6:57		Jakobi Heady misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:57	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-71
6:40		AJ Brown misses three point jump shot
6:38		Cayden Vasko defensive rebound
6:20	+3	Jakobi Heady makes three point jump shot	70-71
5:50		Bryan Ndjonga personal foul (AJ Clayton draws the foul)
5:50	+1	AJ Clayton makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-72
5:50	+1	AJ Clayton makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-73
5:36		Cayden Vasko misses three point jump shot
5:34		AJ Brown defensive rebound
5:24		AJ Brown misses two point layup
5:22		Anthony Pritchard defensive rebound
5:19		Jakobi Heady misses three point jump shot
5:17		Bobcats defensive rebound
5:16		Ugnius Jarusevicius personal foul (Jackson Paveletzke draws the foul)
5:16	+1	Jackson Paveletzke makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-74
5:16	+1	Jackson Paveletzke makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-75
5:05		Vic Searls personal foul (Ugnius Jarusevicius draws the foul)
5:05	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-75
5:05	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-75
4:56		Anthony Pritchard personal foul (Jackson Paveletzke draws the foul)
4:56	+1	Jackson Paveletzke makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-76
4:56	+1	Jackson Paveletzke makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-77
4:43		Vic Searls personal foul (Ugnius Jarusevicius draws the foul)
4:43	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-77
4:43		Ugnius Jarusevicius misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:43		AJ Brown defensive rebound
4:35		Shereef Mitchell misses three point jump shot
4:33		AJ Brown offensive rebound
4:28	+3	AJ Clayton makes three point jump shot (AJ Brown assists)	73-80
4:08	+2	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes two point layup (Bryan Ndjonga assists)	75-80
3:52		Shereef Mitchell misses two point layup
3:50		Kyler VanderJagt defensive rebound
3:40		Jakobi Heady misses two point layup
3:38		Elmore James defensive rebound
3:08		Jackson Paveletzke misses two point jump shot
3:06		Chippewas defensive rebound
3:06		TV timeout
2:40	+2	Kyler VanderJagt makes two point layup	77-80
2:17	+2	Jackson Paveletzke makes two point layup	77-82
2:08		Jackson Paveletzke shooting foul (Jakobi Heady draws the foul)
2:08	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-82
2:08	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-82
1:53		AJ Brown misses two point jump shot
1:51		Jakobi Heady defensive rebound
1:45		Elmore James personal foul (Jakobi Heady draws the foul)
1:45	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 1 of 2	80-82
1:45	+1	Jakobi Heady makes regular free throw 2 of 2	81-82
1:27		Shereef Mitchell misses two point jump shot
1:25		Anthony Pritchard defensive rebound
1:19		Jakobi Heady misses two point layup
1:17		Shereef Mitchell defensive rebound
0:54		Jackson Paveletzke misses two point layup
0:52		Anthony Pritchard defensive rebound
0:49		Kyler VanderJagt misses two point jump shot
0:47		Chippewas offensive rebound
0:47		Elmore James personal foul (Ugnius Jarusevicius draws the foul)
0:47		Chippewas 60 second timeout
0:47		Ugnius Jarusevicius misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:47	+1	Ugnius Jarusevicius makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-82
0:25		Shereef Mitchell misses two point layup
0:23		Bobcats offensive rebound
0:23		Bobcats 30 second timeout
0:16		Cayden Vasko shooting foul (Shereef Mitchell draws the foul)
0:16	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-83
0:16	+1	Shereef Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-84
0:02		Kyler VanderJagt misses two point jump shot
0:01		Chippewas offensive rebound
0:01		Bobcats 60 second timeout
0:01		Jakobi Heady misses two point jump shot
0:00		Bobcats defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Bobcats defensive rebound