Nike #HLMBB Players of the Week (January 27)
INDIANAPOLIS – IUPUI’s Marcus Burk averaged 32.0 points per game, made 13 3-pointers and scored the most points in a game during HL play this season to earn Nike® #HLMBB Player of the Week, while Wright State’s Tanner Holden led the Raiders to a 32-point win at home on ESPNU with 20 points and 13 rebounds to be named Nike® #HLMBB Freshman of the Week as the Horizon League announced its men’s basketball weekly honors on Monday.
#HLMBB Player of the Week
Marcus Burk | IUPUI | Junior | Guard | Indianapolis, Ind.
Burk collects his second #HLMBB Player of the Week honor after averaging 32.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, while shooting 48 percent (22-of-46) from the field and 48 percent (13-of-27) from 3-point range. He opened the week with his first career double-double at Detroit Mercy, closing with 25 points on 10-of-22 shooting, including 5-for-12 from long range, 10 rebounds and three assists in 38 minutes of action. The junior followed with a career-high 39 points by shooting 50 percent (12-24) from the floor and going 8-of-15 from downtown in the Jaguars’ 89-85 overtime win at Oakland. The win snapped the Jaguars’ four-game skid and was IUPUI’s first win at Oakland since 2006. His 39 points were the most by a Horizon League player in a game this season and the most by an IUPUI player since Alex Young scored 43 against Western Kentucky on Dec. 10, 2011.
#HLMBB Freshman of the Week
Tanner Holden | Wright State | Freshman | Guard | Wheelersburg, Ohio
Holden now has two #HLMBB Freshman of the Week awards this season after tallying a game-high 20 points in the Raiders’ 95-63 victory over Northern Kentucky on Friday. The Wheelersburg, Ohio native shot 70 percent from the floor (7-10) en route to his third 20-point performance this season. The talented freshman also added 13 rebounds to record his third double-double of the season. He evenly spread his production over both the first and second halves, turning in nine points and eight rebounds in the first 20 minutes of action before 11 points and five rebounds in 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
December 2 – Dantez Walton, Northern Kentucky
December 9 – Dantez Walton, Northern Kentucky
December 16 – Tyler Sharpe, Northern Kentucky
December 23 – JayQuan McCloud, Green Bay
December 31 – Loudon Love, Wright State
January 6 – Torrey Patton, Cleveland State
January 13 – Te’Jon Lucas, Milwaukee
January 20 – Tyler Sharpe, Northern Kentucky
January 27 – Marcus Burk, IUPUI
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
December 2 – Amari Davis, Green Bay
December 9 – Amari Davis, Green Bay
December 16 – Amari Davis, Green Bay
December 23 – Tanner Holden, Wright State
December 31 – Blake Lampman, Oakland
January 6 – Amari Davis, Green Bay
January 13 – Blake Lampman, Oakland
January 20 – Amari Davis, Green Bay
January 27 – Tanner Holden, Wright State