O.J Mayo, who will attend the University of Southern California next year, was one of 24 players named to the McDonald’s All-American team. The game will be played on March 28 at Freedom Hall.

Patrick Patterson, Mayo’s teammate, was also selected to the team. Mayo’s East squad will be facing a West team that includes Michael Beasley (Kansas State), Eric Gordon (Indiana), Taylor King (Duke), Kevin Love (UCLA), and Derrick Rose (Memphis).

Future USC Trojan, O.J. Mayo, had a spactacular 47-point performance in a nationally broadcasted game on ESPN2 but it was not enough for No. 6 Huntington, W.Va. Visiting No. 1 St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.) squeaked out a 78-76 overtime victory in a battle of two of the top teams in high school basketball.

The Highlanders (20-1) host St. Patrick N.J. on Thursday night at the Cam Henderson Center on ESPN2 at 8:00 p.m. Tune in to watch O.J. Mayo try and avenge their only loss this season to St. Patrick (N.J.) — ranked No. 1 nationally by USA Today.

The Highlanders won their first conference title in 3 years by capturing the Mountain State Athletic Conference Night of Champions by defeating the Cougars 79-64 at the Charleston Civic Center Coliseum. O.J. Mayo scored 23 points coming off a 3-game suspension.

O.J. Mayo will be suspended for 3 games for his ejection and contact with a referee in a Jan. 26 game. The two-week suspension, retroactive to Feb. 3, was announced today at a hearing in Cabell County Circuit Court. The suspension would allow Mayo, who has signed a letter of intent to play for the USC Trojans next year, to play in the Mountain State Athletic Conference championship on Feb. 19 and in a game against St. Patrick, N.J. (18-1), the No. 1 team in USA Today’s national boys high school poll. Huntington (16-1) is ranked sixth after losing for the first time this season.

Pat Forde of ESPN.com has written an article on O.J. Mayo entitled Mayo learns the burden of fame as a basketball prodigy. The article deals with OJ Mayo, who although has been in the spotlight ever since he was little, the amount of news and video coverage over a week where he was playing basketball games in three states, filing an injunction in a county courthouse to go from suspended to unsuspended, had the “technical” heard around the world, and played some of the top teams in the country, was a bit overwhelming.

“[O.J.] has received a lot of recognition and self-acclaim. But he has probably learned that certain things come with it — not all of them positive.” - Former Kentucky All-American guard and TV color analyst, Kyle Macy

Highlander mixtape of the Huntington versus Artesia game where OJ Mayo and Huntington takes down the #2 team in the nation to jump to the number #1 spot.

O.J. Mayo will be suspended for 14 days and will miss four of Huntington’s games from the 2 week suspension according to WSAZ in Huntington, W.Va. His suspension is a result ofr his actions in a game against Capital High School last Friday, Jan. 26, where Mayo was ejected from the game for receiving two technical fouls and allegedly bumped the referee, although video shows otherwise.

Scott County, the No. 1 boys’ basketball team in Kentucky, knocked off Huntington, W. Va., No. 1 in the nation, 72-68, at the Memorial Coliseum. O.J. Mayo didn’t have a particularly good shooting night (12-for-30) but scored 14 in the fourth quarter to get the Highlanders close but it was not enough. Mayo finished with a game-high 26 points.

“They were just a better team than us,” said Huntington guard and future USC Trojan O.J. Mayo. “I told the guys you don’t come to Kentucky and play the No. 1 team in the state and not bring your ‘A’ game.