Nike #HLMBB Players of the Week (January 17)
INDIANAPOLIS – UIC’s Kevin Johnson averaged over 20 points, four assists and three rebounds a game to lead the Flames to three consecutive road wins in Horizon League play to earn Nike® #HLMBB Player of the Week, while Green Bay’s Kamari McGee collects his second-straight Nike® #HLMBB Freshman of the Week honor after averaging with 17.5 points over a two-game stretch as the Horizon League announced its men’s basketball weekly honors on Monday.
#HLMBB Player of the Week
Kevin Johnson | UIC | Senior | Guard | Thibodaux, La.
Johnson led the Flames to a 3-0 week, with all three wins coming on the road to help UIC pull back to .500 in Horizon League play. The guard opened the week with a game-high 17 points and six assists in UIC’s 67-65 win over IUPUI. Johnson went a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line, with all eight free throws coming in the final 2:14 of the game, including four in the final 18 seconds to secure the victory. Johnson then exploded for a season-high 28 points in the Flames’ 81-77 win at Milwaukee. After being limited to two points in the first half, Johnson scored 26 in the second half on 9-of-10 shooting from the field and a perfect 6-for-6 effort from beyond the arc while adding five rebounds and three assists in the game. The graduate student then capped his week with his third double-digit scoring game of the road trip with 16 points and six rebounds in UIC’s 80-63 win at Green Bay, UIC’s first win inside the Resch Center since 2004. For the week, Johnson averaged 20.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists over the span of three games, shooting 59.4 percent from the field, 47.1 percent from 3-point range and going 15-for-17 from the free throw line.
#HLMBB Freshman of the Week
Kamari McGee | Green Bay | Freshman | Guard | Racine, Wis.
McGee stood out for Green Bay as the Phoenix went 1-1 for the week at home. In games against IUPUI and UIC, the freshman averaged 17.5 points and 2.0 assists per game. The Racine, Wis. native began the week with 12 points and three assists in a 69-54 win over the Jags. He followed that performance with a career day against the Flames, pouring in 23 points to go with three rebounds. McGee has now scored 20-plus points in two of his last three games.
2021-22 Nike® #HLMBB Players of the Week
November 15 – Grant Basile, Wright State
November 22 – Jamal Cain, Oakland
November 29 – Jamal Cain, Oakland
December 6 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
December 13 – Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky & Dwayne Cohill, Youngstown State
December 20 – D’Moi Hodge, Cleveland State
December 27 – Grant Basile, Wright State
January 3 – Jamal Cain, Oakland
January 10 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
January 17 – Kevin Johnson, UIC
2021-22 Nike® #HLMBB Freshmen of the Week
November 15 – Patrick Baldwin Jr., Milwaukee
November 22 – Sam Vinson, Northern Kentucky
November 29 – Sam Vinson, Northern Kentucky
December 6 – Patrick Baldwin Jr., Milwaukee
December 13 – Sam Vinson, Northern Kentucky
December 20 – Hubie Pivorius, Northern Kentucky
December 27 – AJ Braun, Wright State
January 3 – Sam Vinson, Northern Kentucky
January 10 – Kamari McGee, Green Bay
January 17 – Kamari McGee, Green Bay