i figured it out before i got to read this post. i did find a workaround though. i went back and reset the tourney, noting who went out first and by who beforehand. checked the allow rebuys box on game tab. went back in and KO'd each player in order (i only had 9 so it was easy). when i got to the small stack who was technically ko'd first in the hand, i gave one player the hit, did a rebuy for the ko'd, and then ko'd that person again with the other player. then did the same for the next player. the 2nd player was my 50 point bounty in the prizes tab. after the game was over, i went into the prizes tab, added another prize with the exact same bounty, and awarded that prize to the 2nd player. All the points worked out exactly like it was before when i just did a manual adjustment, but this time the hits were recorded.
Sorry i didn't get to post that i found the solution sooner, corey, but thank you for the quick response, as always!