MVP Bean leads Aggies past home-state Sooners in 73-70 Myrtle Beach Invitational championship – Cache Valley Daily
CONWAY, S. C. – The Aggies are Myrtle Beach Invitational Champions after their 73 to 70 victory over Oklahoma. It’s the first program victory over the Sooners and the second pre-season tournament championship for the Aggies in three years. “We said we wanted to come down here and play for a championship and we did. And we put our best foot forward and just went for it. And we were able to kinda outlast them right there at the end,” head coach Ryan Odom said. Forward Justin Bean led the way for the Aggies with 24 points, 19 rebounds and three assists. Bean scored the last three points hitting three of four free throws to boost the Aggies past the Sooners. Bean set the Myrtle Beach Invitational record for rebounds with 39 in three games on his way to tournament MVP honors. “At this point, being a senior and just having so much respect and love for our guys and knowing how much this meant to them, I’m definitely gonna take it in and enjoy it and then it’s back to work,” Bean said. The victory was especially meaningful to the Oklahoma native Bean who grew up near the University
