Liberty’s Darius McGhee stars in PIT-opening win, UCLA’s Tyger Campbell registers double-double

Liberty’s Darius McGhee picked up where he left off during his collegiate career, scoring a game-high 22 points and making five 3-pointers to lead Mike Duman Auto Sales to a 96-84 victory over Portsmouth Sports Club as the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament got underway Wednesday night at Churchland High.

McGhee, a 5-foot-9 guard from Roxboro, North Carolina, is a two-time Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year who averaged 24.6 points and 3.6 assists per game last season for the Flames. He led Division I in 3-pointers made (142) and ranked second in points per game and total points (812).

On Wednesday, he also had five assists and five rebounds as Duman advanced to a 7 p.m. semifinal Friday. Clemson’s Hunter Tyson added 21 points on 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range for Duman, and Providence’s Ed Croswell finished with 17 points.

UCLA’s Tyger Campbell led Portsmouth Sports Club with 18 points and finished with 12 assists, while Chattanooga’s Jake Stephens (14 points), a former VMI player, Gonzaga’s Rasir Bolton (13 points) and North Carolina’s Pete Nance (12 points, eight rebounds) also scored in double figures.

K&D Round’s Landscaping 104, Portsmouth Partnership 82

Sir’Jabari Rice (Texas) scored 19 points and Kendric Davis (Memphis) added 18 points to lead K&D to a quarterfinal victory in Wednesday’s late game.

Dayton’s Toumani Camara led all scorers with 27 points for Portsmouth Partnership, while Norfolk State’s Joe Bryant Jr. scored 13. Bryant, a former star for Lake Taylor High in Norfolk, finished 4 of 14 from the field and made 1 of 6 3-pointers.

PIT schedule

Thursday

Consolation game: Portsmouth Sports Club vs. Portsmouth Partnership, 3:15 p.m.

First round: Roger Brown’s vs. Jani-King, 7 p.m.

First round: Norfolk Sports Club vs. Sales Systems, Ltd., 9 p.m.

Portsmouth Invitational Tournament rosters

Jani-King

Coaches: Mike Holland, Roland Ross and Matt Farrell.

Players: Kris Bankston, Norfolk State; Yuri Collins, Saint Louis; Trey Jemison, UAB; Tajion Jones, UNC Asheville; Gabe Kalscheur, Iowa State; Setric Millner III, Toledo; Zyon Pullin, UC Riverside; Morris Udeze, New Mexico.

K&D Round’s Landscaping

Coaches: Jim Markey, Chris Harris and Coretta Brown.

Players: Mike Bothwell, Furman; Kendric Davis, Memphis; Hunter Maldonado, Wyoming; Kevin Obanor, Texas Tech; Filip Rebraca, Iowa; Sir’Jabari Rice, Texas; Connor Vanover, Oral Roberts; Eric Williams Jr., San Diego.

Mike Duman Auto Sales

Coaches: Tim Sparks, Walter Westbrook and Peyton Siva.

Players: Ed Croswell, Providence; Javan Johnson, DePaul; Darius McGhee, Liberty; Osun Osunniyi, Iowa State; Craig Porter, Wichita State; Hunter Tyson, Clemson; DeAndre Williams, Memphis; Jamarius Burton, Pittsburgh.

Norfolk Sports Club

Coaches: Mike Head, Mark Butts and Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.

Players: Timmy Allen, Texas; Tyree Appleby, Wake Forest; Manny Bates, Butler; Sincere Carry, Kent State; Patrick Gardner, Marist; Dane Goodwin, Notre Dame; Taevion Kinsey, Marshall; Derrick Walker, Nebraska.

Portsmouth Partnership

Coaches: Evan Kee, Erik Johnson and Jia Perkins.

Players: Leon Ayers III, Bowling Green; Damion Baugh, TCU; Joe Bryant Jr., Norfolk State; Toumani Camara, Dayton; Desmond Cambridge Jr., Arizona State; Tyshaun Crawford, Augusta; Nate Laszewski, Notre Dame; Javonte Perkins, Saint Louis.

Portsmouth Sports Club

Coaches: Webb Hatch, Chris Fuhrmann and Sam Clancy.

Players: Rasir Bolton, Gonzaga; Tyger Campbell, UCLA; Umoja Gibson, DePaul; Tevian Jones, Southern Utah; Pete Nance, North Carolina; Jake Stephens, Chattanooga; Justice Sueing, Ohio State; Race Thompson, Indiana.

Roger Brown’s

Coaches: Bill Mann, Junior Burrough and Justin Dentmon.

Players: Tanner Groves, Oklahoma; D’Moi Hodge, Missouri; Justyn Mutts, Virginia Tech; Kevin Samuel, South Alabama; Cam Shelton, Loyola Marymount; JT Shumate, Toledo; David Singleton III, UCLA; Jordan Walker, UAB.

Sales Systems, Ltd.

Coaches: Kenneth Harris, PJ Honore Jr. and Tamera Young.

Players: Emmanuel Akot, Western Kentucky; Jarkel Joiner, N.C. State; Caleb McConnell, Rutgers; Nathan Mensah, San Diego State; Josh Roberts, Manhattan; Grant Sherfield, Oklahoma; Erik Stevenson, West Virginia; KJ Williams, LSU.

Tickets

All-tournament ticket: $35 at the Portsmouth Welcome Center, 206 High Street

Daily at the gate: (Cash only) $10 adults, $5 ages 18 and under