Akron guard Tavari Johnson scored a career-high 35 points.

Shammah Scott added a career-high 25 points for the Zips.

Yale's Nick Townsend was the tournament MVP, while teammate Trevor Mullin scored nine big points in the final five minutes.

Despite career-high scoring performances from guards Tavari Johnson and Shammah Scott on Monday, Nov. 24, the Akron men's basketball team lost to Yale 97-94 in the championship game of the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Both teams shot better than 60% from the floor and combined for 20 3-pointers. Yale, though, was a perfect 21-of-21 from the foul line while Akron was just 6-of-9 on free throws. Yale also turned the ball over just seven times compared to 11 Akron turnovers.

Johnson and Scott helped the Zips (5-2) erase a d

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