Nike #HLMBB Players of the Week (November 25)
INDIANAPOLIS – Northern Kentucky forward Dantez Walton averaged 25.5 points and grabbed 8.0 rebounds per game to be named Nike® #HLMBB Player of the Week, while Wright State’s Grant Basile recorded 19 points and six rebounds in a Raider victory to earn Nike® #HLMBB Freshman of the Week as the Horizon League announced its men’s basketball weekly honors on Monday.
#HLMBB Player of the Week
Dantez Walton | Northern Kentucky | Senior | Forward | Lima, Ohio
Walton averaged 25.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and three assists per game last week to help lead the Norse. He began the week with a game-high 18 points in the team’s win at Ball State. Walton also pulled down six rebounds, dished three assists and blocked a pair of shots. Walton followed with a career-high 33 points and 10 rebounds, posting the second double-double of his career, in NKU’s double-overtime thriller versus Texas Southern. It marked his first double-double since the 2019 Horizon League Championship game. For the week, Walton shot 45 percent (17-of-38) from the field and 44 percent (8-for-18) from 3-point range.
#HLMBB Freshman of the Week
Grant Basile | Wright State | Freshman | Forward | Pewaukee, Wis.
Basile turned in a pair of career-bests on Wednesday night, tallying 19 points and pulling down six rebounds to lead the Wright State men's basketball team to an 81-55 victory over Urbana inside the Nutter Center in a campus site game of the Gulf Coast Showcase. Basile recorded eight points and five rebounds in the first 20 minutes, following that up with an 11-point second half while adding a pair of blocks on the defensive end of the floor. His 19 points led a Raider trio of double-digit scorers. Basile got in on the three-point action as well, collecting his first career bucket from deep during the second half.
2019-20 Nike® #HLMBB Players of the Week
November 11 – Daniel Oladapo, Oakland
November 18 – Marcus Burk, IUPUI
November 25 – Dantez Walton, Northern Kentucky
2019-20 Nike® #HLMBB Freshmen of the Week
November 11 – Amari Davis, Green Bay
November 18 – Mike DePersia, IUPUI
November 25 – Grant Basile, Wright State