Nike #HLMBB Players of the Week (January 3)
INDIANAPOLIS – Oakland’s Jamal Cain averaged 22.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game with two double-doubles to lead the Golden Grizzlies to another 2-0 weekend during League play to earn Nike® #HLMBB Player of the Week, while Northern Kentucky’s Sam Vinson finished with 14.5 points and 6.0 rebounds over a two-game stretch 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
Jamal Cain | Oakland | Redshirt Senior | Forward | Pontiac, Mich.
Cain registered his League-leading third Player of the Week award of the season as he led Oakland to a pair of wins to remain perfect in League play at 4-0. The Pontiac, Mich. native began the week recording a double-double with 22 points and 14 rebounds in a 79-61 win over RMU. He followed that performance with his League-best seventh double-double of the season with 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range, and grabbed 11 boards in a win over Youngstown State, 87-72. Over the two-game stretch, Cain shot 56.3 percent from the floor and 50.0 percent from distance. For the week, Cain led the Horizon League in scoring and was second in rebounds, while finishing top-10 in field-goal percentage and 3-point field-goal percentage.
#HLMBB Freshman of the Week
Sam Vinson | Northern Kentucky | Freshman | Guard | Fort Thomas, Ky.
Vinson picked up his League-best fourth Freshman of the Week honor of the season after averaging 14.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in NKU’s 1-1 week at home. Against Green Bay, he scored 11 points and tied a career high with six rebounds, including five on the offensive glass. Against Milwaukee, the guard amassed a career-high 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting. He matched a career best with four made 3-pointers of six attempts and again tied his career-high rebounding mark with six. Vinson shot 52.2 percent in the two games (12-of-23) with 50 percent accuracy from beyond the arc (5-for-10). He also averaged 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals.
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
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