Horizon League Announces 2018 #HLMBB All-League Teams and Award Winners
Lance Rinker
INDIANAPOLIS — Oakland’s Kendrick Nunn, the nation’s second-leading scorer (26.4 points per game), was tabbed #HLMBB Player of the Year, headlining the all-league and specialty awards selections as determined by a 50-member panel including head coaches, sports information directors, and media representatives. For a second-consecutive year, UIC’s Tai Odiase, the Horizon League's all-time blocks leader, was named Defensive Player of the Year. After earning seven Freshman of the Week awards during the regular season, Wright State’s Loudon Love was voted Freshman of the Year. UIC’s Godwin Boahen, who averaged 8.6 points per game and sank 43 triples for the Flames, was tabbed the league’s Sixth Man of the Year. Scott Nagy was voted Coach of the Year after helping Wright State to its second-consecutive 20-win season under his tutelage and a second-place finish in the Horizon League.
The voting also determined the Horizon League’s 2017-18 First and Second Team All-League, All-Defensive Team (selected by head coaches only), and All-Freshman Team honorees. Joining Nunn on the First Team were Khalil Small (Green Bay), Drew McDonald (Northern Kentucky), Jalen Hayes (Oakland), and Grant Benzinger (Wright State). Earning a spot on the Second Team were Kameron Chatman (Detroit Mercy), Jeremiah Bell (Milwaukee), Lavone Holland II (Northern Kentucky), Love, and Cameron Morse (Youngstown State).
Tyree Appleby (Cleveland State), Jermaine Jackson Jr. (Detroit Mercy), Jalen Tate (Northern Kentucky), Love, and Naz Bohannon (Youngstown State) comprised the All-Freshman Team.
Making up the All-Defensive Team, which was voted upon by the league’s head coaches, was Small, Tate, Martez Walker (Oakland), Odiase, and Mark Hughes (Wright State).
Player of the Year: Kendrick Nunn, Oakland
Defensive Player of the Year: Tai Odiase, UIC
Freshman of the Year: Loudon Love, Wright State
Sixth Man of the Year: Godwin Boahen, UIC
Coach of the Year: Scott Nagy, Wright State
All-League First Team (alphabetical by school)
Khalil Small, Green Bay
Drew McDonald, Northern Kentucky
Jalen Hayes, Oakland
Kendrick Nunn, Oakland
Grant Benzinger, Wright State
All-League Second Team (alphabetical by school)
Kameron Chatman, Detroit Mercy
Jeremiah Bell, Milwaukee
Lavone Holland II, Northern Kentucky
Loudon Love, Wright State
Cameron Morse, Youngstown State
All-Freshman Team (alphabetical by school)
Tyree Appleby, Cleveland State
Jermaine Jackson Jr., Detroit Mercy
Jalen Tate, Northern Kentucky
Loudon Love, Wright State
Naz Bohannon, Youngstown State
All-Defensive Team (alphabetical by school)
Khalil Small, Green Bay
Jalen Tate, Northern Kentucky
Martez Walker, Oakland
Tai Odiase, UIC
Mark Hughes, Wright State
MOTOR CITY MADNESS
The 2018 Little Caesars Horizon League Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championship will take place March 2-6 at the brand new Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich.
Tickets can be purchased now at campus box offices or at
HorizonLeague.com.
Little Caesars Arena is located in the heart of The District Detroit, a 50-block, mixed-use development that unites eight world-class theaters, five neighborhoods and three professional sports venues in one vibrant, walkable destination for people who want to live, work and play in an exciting urban environment. Home to the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons and Detroit Lions — The District Detroit represents the greatest density of professional sports teams in one downtown core in the country.
To view the men’s bracket for Motor City Madness, click
here.